olden

The word “olden” has 2 syllables: old-en

It's pronounced as /ˈoʊl.dən/


What is synonym and antonym for olden?

In the thesaurus, “olden” has 76 synonyms and 36 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for olden along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for olden

  • aboriginal
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ageless
  • ancient
  • antediluvian
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • archaic
  • atavistic
  • bygone
  • crumbling
  • dated
  • dateless
  • decayed
  • done
  • early
  • erstwhile
  • forgotten
  • former
  • fossilized
  • fusty
  • hackneyed
  • historic
  • historical
  • hoary
  • immemorial
  • late
  • moldy
  • moth-eaten
  • musty
  • obsolete
  • of old
  • of yore
  • old as Methuselah
  • old as the hills
  • old hat
  • old-fashioned
  • old-school
  • old-time
  • old-timey
  • old-world
  • oldfangled
  • once
  • onetime
  • original
  • out-of-date
  • outdated
  • outmoded
  • outworn
  • past
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • pristine
  • quaint
  • quondam
  • relic
  • remote
  • retro
  • retrograde
  • rinky-dink
  • rusty
  • sometime
  • stale
  • stodgy
  • superannuated
  • time-worn
  • timeless
  • timeworn
  • traditional
  • unfashionable
  • unoriginal
  • venerable
  • vintage
  • worn-out

Antonyms for olden

  • chic
  • contemporary
  • current
  • designer
  • fashionable
  • fresh
  • futuristic
  • hi-tech
  • high-tech
  • hot
  • last
  • latest
  • latter-day
  • mod
  • modern
  • modernist
  • modernistic
  • modernized
  • new
  • new age
  • new-fashioned
  • newfangled
  • nontraditional
  • present-day
  • recent
  • red-hot
  • refurbished
  • remodeled
  • renewed
  • smart
  • space-age
  • state-of-the-art
  • stylish
  • ultramodern
  • up-to-date
  • updated

Meanings of olden

  • adjective
    1. From or relating to a previous era.
    2. Old; ancient.
  • verb
    1. To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.

Example Sentences

  • The castle stood as a reminder of olden times.
  • In olden days, people traveled by horse and carriage.
  • The traditions from olden generations are still honored today.
  • He enjoyed reading myths from olden civilizations.
  • The storyteller spoke of heroes from olden legends.

On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to olden, such as: aboriginal, age-old, aged, ageless, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

quaint

immemorial

  • Noachian
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ageing
  • ageless
  • aging
  • ancient
  • antediluvian
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • archaic
  • archaistic
  • classic
  • classical
  • dated
  • dateless
  • durable
  • enduring
  • fixed
  • forever
  • fusty
  • geriatric
  • hallowed
  • hoar
  • hoary
  • lasting
  • long-lived
  • long-standing
  • mature
  • mediaeval
  • medieval
  • moldy
  • obsolete
  • of yore
  • old
  • old-fashioned
  • old-time
  • old-world
  • olden
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • permanent
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • primeval
  • primordial
  • retro
  • rooted
  • time-honored
  • time-tested
  • timeless
  • timeworn
  • traditional
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • venerable
  • vintage

elderly

  • adult
  • aged
  • ageing
  • aging
  • ancient
  • anile
  • been around
  • centenarian
  • declining
  • decrepit
  • doddering
  • geriatric
  • gray
  • grown-up
  • hoary
  • long in the tooth
  • long in tooth
  • long-lived
  • lot of mileage
  • matriarchal
  • mature
  • middle-aged
  • no spring chicken
  • nonagenarian
  • octogenarian
  • of a certain age
  • old
  • olden
  • older
  • oldish
  • on last leg
  • over the hill
  • over-the-hill
  • overage
  • overaged
  • patriarchal
  • pensioned
  • retired
  • senescent
  • senile
  • senior
  • septuagenarian
  • sexagenarian
  • spavined
  • superannuated
  • tired
  • tottery
  • unyoung
  • venerable

old

  • Noachian
  • aboriginal
  • adult
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ageing
  • ageless
  • aging
  • along in years
  • ancient
  • anile
  • annoying
  • antediluvian
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • antiquity
  • archaic
  • archaistic
  • arid
  • aseptic
  • barren
  • blah
  • blank
  • boring
  • bothersome
  • broken down
  • bygone
  • cast-off
  • centenarian
  • classic
  • classical
  • colorless
  • common
  • commonplace
  • constant
  • continuing
  • crumbling
  • cumbersome
  • dated
  • dateless
  • dead
  • debilitated
  • debilitating
  • decayed
  • decrepit
  • defunct
  • demoralizing
  • departed
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • doddering
  • done
  • drab
  • draining
  • dreary
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dullish
  • durable
  • dusty
  • early
  • earthbound
  • elderly
  • enduring
  • enervating
  • enfeebled
  • enfeebling
  • erstwhile
  • established
  • exhausted
  • exhausting
  • experienced
  • expired
  • extinct
  • familiar
  • fatiguing
  • firm
  • flat
  • former
  • fossil
  • fusty
  • geriatric
  • getting on
  • gone
  • gray
  • gray-haired
  • grey
  • grizzled
  • grown-up
  • hackneyed
  • hallowed
  • hardened
  • heavy
  • ho-hum
  • hoar
  • hoary
  • humdrum
  • immemorial
  • impaired
  • inactive
  • inanimate
  • infirm
  • inveterate
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • jading
  • jejune
  • lasting
  • late
  • leaden
  • lifelong
  • long in the tooth
  • long-ago
  • long-lasting
  • long-lived
  • longsome
  • lumbering
  • matriarchal
  • mature
  • matured
  • mediaeval
  • medieval
  • middle-aged
  • mind-numbing
  • moldy
  • moment
  • monochromatic
  • monotonous
  • moth-eaten
  • nonagenarian
  • not young
  • now
  • numbing
  • obsolete
  • octogenarian
  • of a certain age
  • of long standing
  • of old
  • of yore
  • old-fashioned
  • old-time
  • old-world
  • olden
  • older
  • oldfangled
  • oldish
  • once
  • onetime
  • ordinary
  • original
  • other
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • over the hill
  • over-the-hill
  • overage
  • overaged
  • pallid
  • palling
  • past
  • patriarchal
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • pensioned
  • perennial
  • permanent
  • perpetual
  • pleasureless
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poky
  • ponderous
  • practiced
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • present
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • pristine
  • prosaic
  • prosy
  • quondam
  • relic
  • remote
  • retired
  • retro
  • rusty
  • seasoned
  • senescent
  • senile
  • senior
  • septuagenarian
  • sexagenarian
  • skilled
  • slow
  • soggy
  • solid
  • sometime
  • spavined
  • spiritless
  • stale
  • staying
  • steady
  • sterile
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • superannuated
  • suspenseless
  • tame
  • tedious
  • tepid
  • time-honored
  • time-tested
  • time-worn
  • timeless
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • today
  • tottery
  • traditional
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • undramatic
  • uneventful
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting
  • unfashionable
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unnewsworthy
  • unoriginal
  • unrewarding
  • unsensational
  • unspectacular
  • unsurprising
  • unyoung
  • vanished
  • vapid
  • venerable
  • versed
  • veteran
  • vintage
  • wasted
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • whilom
  • worn-out
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear
  • yore

oldfangled

  • aboriginal
  • age-old
  • aged
  • ageless
  • anachronic
  • anachronistic
  • anachronous
  • ancient
  • antediluvian
  • antiquated
  • antique
  • archaic
  • atavistic
  • behind the times
  • belated
  • bygone
  • cast-off
  • corny
  • crumbling
  • dated
  • dateless
  • dead
  • decayed
  • defunct
  • demoded
  • departed
  • disapproved
  • disused
  • done
  • dowdy
  • down memory lane
  • early
  • elderly
  • erstwhile
  • extinct
  • forgotten
  • former
  • fossilized
  • fusty
  • gone
  • gone-by
  • grown old
  • hackneyed
  • has-been
  • historic
  • historical
  • hoary
  • immemorial
  • in oblivion
  • late
  • lost
  • moldy
  • moth-eaten
  • musty
  • neglected
  • not current
  • not modern
  • not with it
  • obsolescent
  • obsolete
  • odd
  • of old
  • of olden days
  • of the old school
  • of yore
  • old
  • old as Methuselah
  • old as the hills
  • old guard
  • old hat
  • old-fashioned
  • old-hat
  • old-school
  • old-time
  • old-timey
  • old-world
  • olden
  • once
  • one-time
  • onetime
  • original
  • out
  • out of it
  • out of style
  • out-of-date
  • outdated
  • outmoded
  • outworn
  • past
  • previous
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • pristine
  • quaint
  • quondam
  • relic
  • remote
  • retro
  • retrograde
  • rinky-dink
  • rococo
  • rusty
  • sometime
  • stale
  • stodgy
  • superannuated
  • superseded
  • time-worn
  • timeless
  • timeworn
  • traditional
  • unfashionable
  • unoriginal
  • unstylish
  • vanished
  • venerable
  • vintage
  • water over the dam
  • water under the bridge
  • worn-out
  • yesterday

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