| Meaning | not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | Victorian | typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria |
| antebellum | belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | |
| horse-and-buggy | relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations | |
| medieval, mediaeval, gothic | As if belonging to the Middle Ages | |
| old-world | characteristic of former times especially in Europe | |
| See also | old | Of long duration |
| past | Earlier than the present time | |
| Opposite | modern | belonging to the modern era |
| Spanish | antiguo | |
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