superannuated

4 synonyms and 3 antonyms for superannuated, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Out of date; old-fashioned.

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

outdated obsolete

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

overaged overage

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Out of date; old-fashioned.

“Your correspondent has a handful of superannuated computers lying around the home. The sprightliest of the bunch—a 400-megahertz Pentium II that came loaded with Windows NT4.0—has found a new lease on life as a Linux server.”

overaged outdated obsolete overage

2. adj

No longer used or employed because of age.

Opposites

youthful vigorous juvenile

Etymology

Comes from Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), formed from super (“over”) (related to English super-) and annus (“year”) (related to English annual).

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