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venerableadjective deserving honor and respect especially by reason of agethe venerable old man was a cherished source of advice and wisdom for the villagers hallowed, revered, reverend, sacred, venerated honorable, reputable, respectableconsidered, esteemed, honored, respected, reverencedadmirable, distinguished, estimable, redoubtable, worthygood, moral, noble, righteous bad, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, infamous, loose, notorious, shamefulimmoral, seamy, shadowy, shady, sordid, unsavory, vile, wickedbase, contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, low, mean, wretched dating or surviving from the distant pasta venerable tradition that colleges have been maintaining for centuries age-old, aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, hoar, hoary, immemorial, old aging(or ageing), matureantiquated, archaic, archaistic, dated, fusty, geriatric, medieval(also mediaeval), moldy, Noachian, obsolete, outmoded, out-of-date, passéold-fashioned, old-time, old-world, retro, vintagedurable, enduring, lasting, long-lived, permanentageless, hallowed, time-honored, timeless, time-tested, timeworn, traditional, tried, tried-and-trueclassic, classicalprehistoric(also prehistorical), primeval, primordial modern, new, recent fresh, vernal, young, youthfulcontemporary, current, latest, mod, novel, present-day, ultramodernuntested, untriedbrand-new, unused, unworn old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past.old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence.old houses an old sweater of mine ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past.ancient accounts of dragons venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age.the family's venerable patriarch antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time.collected antique Chippendale furniture antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time.antiquated teaching methods archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time.the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence.a computer that makes earlier models obsolete in the 15th century |