Stone Age

adjective

Definition of Stone Agenext
as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Stone Age
  1. archaic
  2. obsolete
  3. medieval
  4. antiquated
  5. prehistoric
  6. dated
  7. old
Adjective
  • In this still, Ella Hunt (who plays Gilda Radner in the film) takes a ride on the archaic crane.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Before cuneiform, however, there was an archaic script using abstract pictographic signs called proto-cuneiform.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of archaic
Adjective
  • City documents showed the work is needed because some components of the plant's cooling infrastructure are outdated and costly to operate, while others are obsolete or no longer have replacement parts available.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Parks & Recreation Director Terry Moore said one of the playground’s slides broke in April, and many parts needed to fix it were obsolete.
    Aaron Sullivan, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of obsolete
Adjective
  • The architecture preserves this history from the medieval Islamic Kasbah of the Udayas to the Colonial-era neighborhoods and beyond.
    Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • During a proceeding, for example, the College of Cardinals stays in the Casa Santa Marta, an ornate, medieval dormitory where they are fed and tended to by an order of nuns.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of medieval
Adjective
  • This antiquated discussion about women’s prowess behind the camera can be summed up with this: Women’s work as cinematographers is comparable to (and in other cases, better than) men’s.
    Stacy L. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Now, the company is striving to apply these same principles of convenience, affordability and ease of access to yet another antiquated business: retail pharmacy.
    Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of antiquated
Adjective
  • Beneath the snowy slopes lay a prehistoric surprise: an ecosystem that predates the dinosaurs, revealed by melting snow before being stumbled upon by a hiker in the Italian Alps.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This phenomenon provided the opportunity for prehistoric Britons to make use of the rich natural resources of the challenging landscape.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of prehistoric
Adjective
  • The Melting Pot has less oozing cheese and might even feel less dated.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 July 2024
  • The candidate experience is very dated for a lot of clients.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of dated
Adjective
  • The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of old
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