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Synonyms for archaic
Synonyms for archaic: outdated, antiquated and primitive. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for archaic
Interchangeable with archaic in this sense
Audited under archaic's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one archaic carries in that sense.
- outdatedadjective, in the sense "characteristic of an earlier period; no longer in ordinary use"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name archaic as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- antiquatedantiquated is an adjective in the sense "outdated because of age"
- primitiveprimitive is an adjective in the sense "little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type"
one of these comes from archaic's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
characteristic of an earlier period; no longer in ordinary use
The law still contains archaic language that dates back centuries.
The true synonym
outdated
Same sentence, swapped: The law still contains outdated language that dates back centuries.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- legal
- ambiguous
- lengthy
Where archaic turns up in the game
archaic is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play archaic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so archaic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because time is the company archaic keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. archaic carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.