old-fashioned

Syllables: old-·fash·ionedUK/əʊldˈfæʃənd//oʊldˈfæʃənd/

old-fashioned adjective: of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

Adjective

old-fashioned (comparative more old-fashioned or older-fashioned, superlative most old-fashioned or oldest-fashioned)

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.
- My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.
- Miss Menie, we should mention, has a commendable desire to sell her oldest-fashioned articles first; indeed, we believe that something of the sort has always been common among mercers. It is true, that the most conscientious of the trade make a point, in such cases, to say nothing of the...1822 September, “[The Gathering of the West; or, We’re Come to See the King.] Greenock Folk.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume XII, number LXVIII, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London...
Synonyms:

dated, oldfangled, outdated, old-time, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic
Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times and the old-style ways.
- You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.
- The people of Marken may almost be regarded as the oldest-fashioned in the world. They adhere to the same picturesque costume as was worn by their ancestors three hundred years ago, and their houses are built in the same primitive style as in those days.1879, Albert Hastings Markham, “The Dutch Flag in the Northern Seas”, in Donald Macleod, editor, Good Words for 1879, London: Isbister and Company, […], part I, page 95, column 2

Noun

old-fashioned (plural old-fashioneds)

A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.
- Old John was mixing Old Fashioneds and every now and then he would turn and stare at the record case with an expression of great loathing.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 43
- Bond took a shower and changed and walked down the road and had two Bourbon old-fashioneds and the Chicken Dinner at $2.80 in the air-conditioned eating house on the corner that was as typical of ‘the American way of life’ as the motel.1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 15, in Diamonds Are Forever
A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.

old-fashioned meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay

old-fashioned in Kannada

ಹಳೆಯ ಕಾಲದ, ಗತಕಾಲದ, ಓಬೀರಾಯನಕಾಲದ, ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅಪ್ರಚಲಿತ, ಹಳೆಯ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯದ

old-fashioned in Malay

outdated or no longer in vogue: fesyen lama, jenis lama
preferring the customs of earlier times: fesyen lama, jenis lama

More languagesFewer languages

old-fashioned in Thai: คร่ำครึ krâm kréu, ล้าสมัย láa sàmăi
old-fashioned in Vietnamese: cũ, không hợp thời trang
old-fashioned in Myanmar: ရှေ hre

Examples of old-fashioned in a sentence

She was seated in a low old-fashioned arm-chair, directly below a portrait of herself, that had been taken just before her first visit to London.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […]...
And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18:
Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes, page 286:

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Forms of old-fashioned

Adjective
comparative	more old-fashioned
comparative	older-fashioned
superlative	most old-fashioned
superlative	oldest-fashioned
alternative form	old fashioned
Noun
plural	old-fashioneds

Origin of old-fashioned

From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.

Words formed from old-fashioned

Phrases with old-fashioned

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Questions about old-fashioned

What does old-fashioned mean?: Old-fashioned means of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.
What is old-fashioned in Tamil?: Old-fashioned in Tamil is நாட்பட்ட, பழைய, தற்காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாத. See Old-fashioned meaning in Tamil.
How do you use old-fashioned in a sentence?: She was seated in a low old-fashioned arm-chair, directly below a portrait of herself, that had been taken just before her first visit to London.
What part of speech is old-fashioned?: Old-fashioned can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce old-fashioned?: Old-fashioned is pronounced /oʊldˈfæʃənd/ (US).

Words near old-fashioned in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: old-fashioned (page history and authors); old-fashioned (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); old-fashioned (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); old-fashioned (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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