NONCONTEMPORARY Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

noncontemporary

adjective

Definition of noncontemporary

as in asynchronous

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as in archaic

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Recent Examples of noncontemporary According to showrunner Chris Van Dusen, the choice to sneakily drop contemporary music into the decidedly noncontemporary setting was meant to reflect Bridgerton's fresh take on the period romance genre as a whole. — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 29 Dec. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncontemporary

Adjective

Offer asynchronous introductions, quiet interview tracks and structured agendas.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Virtual triage, asynchronous communication, remote monitoring, and emerging AI tools are already reshaping how patients enter and move through the health care system.

— Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026

Definition of asynchronous

Adjective

The Spanish is archaic, the intonations are complicated, and the words tumble over themselves like a hard charge toward the goal posts.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era.

— Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Definition of archaic

Adjective

By wrapping antiquated infrastructure in agentic interfaces, these workers can unlock near-native operational efficiency without a risky, catastrophic core system overhaul.

— Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
But what, exactly, is that robot doing watching fireworks next to a little boy and a man in antiquated garb?

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of antiquated

Adjective

The professors were bitter and angry—angry at a university, a state, and a country where their fields of study were regarded as obsolete, useful only for padding the schedules of STEM students or as a backstop for STEM burnouts.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
All devices will eventually become obsolete and be disposed of, but until such time, the connectivity models mean that almost all products are now IoT devices and require whole-life management.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of obsolete

Adjective

From the first page, Satrapi questions and lampoons the antediluvian and Draconian policies of the Islamic Republic, particularly with respect to women.

— Joobin Bekhrad, Time, 10 June 2026
His stories about breaking into the New York Times conjured up a lost world that seems positively antediluvian now.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of antediluvian

Adjective

That verdant vista of a piece of ancient, intricate architecture centered me in storied Osaka and proved a delightfully consistent through line for my stay.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
This phenomenon of gravitational lensing has been used to great effect to study ancient galaxies that would usually be too distant and faint to see when they are gravitationally lensed by foreground galaxy clusters.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of ancient

Adjective

Preckwinkle's team first tackled the out-of-date property tax system by hiring Tyler Technologies under a $30 million dollar contract to upgrade the county's property tax system.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Litman isn’t a baby boomer CEO, dispensing out-of-date wisdom from a corner office or a business school professor, theorizing from a distance.

— Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026

Definition of out-of-date

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