yore

The word “yore” has 1 syllable: yore

It's pronounced as /jɔːr/


What is synonym and antonym for yore?

In the thesaurus, “yore” has 22 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for yore

  • annals
  • antiquity
  • auld lang syne
  • bygone
  • chronicle
  • days gone by
  • flashback
  • former times
  • good old days
  • history
  • long ago
  • memoir
  • old lang syne
  • old times
  • olden days
  • past
  • record
  • time immemorial
  • times past
  • years ago
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear

Antonyms for yore

  • by-and-by
  • future
  • futurity
  • hereafter
  • moment
  • now
  • offing
  • present
  • today
  • tomorrow

Meanings of yore

  • noun
    1. A time long past.
  • adverb
    1. In time long past; long ago.

Example Sentences

  • In days of yore, knights roamed the land, seeking honor and glory.
  • Yore was a simpler time, when children played in the streets until dusk.
  • Tales of bravery and adventure from days of yore still captivate our imaginations.
  • The ruins of an ancient castle stand as a reminder of yore, when kings ruled with iron fists.
  • We often romanticize the past, longing for the simplicity and charm of days gone by, of yore.

On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yore, such as: annals, antiquity, auld lang syne, by-and-by, bygone, chronicle, days gone by.

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Related Words

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  • out-of-date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

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

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

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

yesterday

  • Last Day
  • annals
  • antiquity
  • auld lang syne
  • bygone
  • chronicle
  • flashback
  • foretime
  • history
  • lang syne
  • long ago
  • memoir
  • not long ago
  • past
  • recently
  • record
  • the other day
  • yesteryear
  • yore

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