Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [ohld tahym]
- /oʊld taɪm/
- /əʊld taɪm/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [ohld tahym]
- /oʊld taɪm/
Definitions of old-time word
- adjective old-time belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player. 1
- adjective old-time being long established: old-time residents. 1
- adjective old-time If you describe something as old-time, you mean that it was common or popular in the past but is not common or popular now. 0
- adjective old-time You can use old-time before the name of someone's job to show that they do their job in the way it was done in the past. 0
- adjective old-time of or relating to a former time; old-fashioned 0
- adjective old-time of, like, or characteristic of past times 0
Information block about the term
Origin of old-time
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Old-time
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
old-time popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for old-time
adj old-time
- age-old — An age-old story, tradition, or problem has existed for many generations or centuries.
- anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- battle-scarred — adversely affected from the experience of battle, or some other traumatic experience
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- bygone — Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
adjective old-time
- fossilised — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fossilized.
- olden — of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- oldfangled — old-fashioned; of an older or former kind.
- outmoded — gone out of style; no longer fashionable: outmoded styles.
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with o
- Words starting with ol
- Words starting with old
- Words starting with oldt
- Words starting with oldti
- Words starting with oldtim
- Words starting with oldtime