obsoletes
Renders no longer useful
Obsoletes is the third-person singular verb form meaning to make something outdated or no longer useful.
Technology obsoletes older devices at a rapid pace; what was cutting-edge last year may be obsolete today.
The new software update obsoletes all previous versions.
Though less common than the adjective obsolete, the verb form appears in technical and business contexts where one product or standard displaces another.
Replaces by authority
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- supplantsReplaces by force
- outmodesMakes no longer fashionable
- antiquatesMakes outdated or obsolete
succeeds · overtakes · eclipses · surpasses · outstrips · succeeds · innovation · advancement
Makes no longer fashionable
- datesCalendar numbers or courtship
- agesExtended time spans
- antiquatesMakes outdated or obsolete
- passéNo longer fashionable
unfashionable · outdated · old-fashioned · vintage · retro · nostalgia · trend · fad
Makes no longer current
- supersedesReplaces by authority
- replacesTakes the place of
- phases outEnds something incrementally
- deprecatesExpresses disapproval of
upgrades · discontinues · retires · sunsets · legacy · backward compatibility · version · update
Stops doing or making
- phases outEnds something incrementally
- retiresCeases professional life
- decommissionsWithdraws from active service
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
junks · mothballs · warehouses · stockpiles · spare parts · manufacturing · production · assembly line
Shows to be untrue
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
- refutesProves something false
- overturnsInvalidates or topples
- debunksExposes as untrue
discredits · supersedes · revises · updates · theory · paradigm · research · findings
supersedes
Replaces by authority
antiquates · succeeds · overtakes · eclipses · surpasses · outstrips · succeeds · innovation · advancement · progress
outmodes
Makes no longer fashionable
- datesCalendar numbers or courtship
- agesExtended time spans
- antiquatesMakes outdated or obsolete
passé · unfashionable · outdated · old-fashioned · vintage · retro · nostalgia · trend · fad · generation
outdates
Makes no longer current
- supersedesReplaces by authority
- replacesTakes the place of
- phases outEnds something incrementally
deprecates · upgrades · discontinues · retires · sunsets · legacy · backward compatibility · version · update · firmware
discontinues
Stops doing or making
- phases outEnds something incrementally
- retiresCeases professional life
- decommissionsWithdraws from active service
scraps · junks · mothballs · warehouses · stockpiles · spare parts · manufacturing · production · assembly line · machinery
disproves
Shows to be untrue
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
- refutesProves something false
- overturnsInvalidates or topples
debunks · discredits · supersedes · revises · updates · theory · paradigm · research · findings · scholarship
obsoletespreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
maintains · modernizes · updates · renews · revitalizes
obsoletespreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
maintains · sustains · conserves · perpetuates · retains
obsoletesrevives
Restores vigor or consciousness
resurrects · restores · rehabilitates · brings back · reintroduces
- obsolete technologySurpassed, abandoned innovations
- obsolete softwareUnsupported, outdated computer applications
- obsolete termOutmoded word or phrase