old-timey
Like sepia photographs
Old-timey describes something that evokes or imitates the past, particularly the late 19th or early 20th century American aesthetic.
Unlike simply old, old-timey carries a sense of nostalgic charm or quaintness, often with a hint of affectionate exaggeration: The diner had an old-timey jukebox and checkered floors.
The term is informal and usually suggests deliberate stylization rather than genuine antiquity—an old-timey photo booth at a fair produces sepia-toned pictures meant to look vintage.
Disc-playing sound machine
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
vaudeville · ragtime · barbershop · tintype · daguerreotype · penny-farthing · cloche · zeppelin
Old-fashioned or courted
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- bygoneOf earlier times
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
obsolete · anachronistic · fusty · unfashionable · passe · moth-eaten · musty · dusty
Reddish-brown pigment
- yesteryearTime not long past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- memoriesStored past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
sentimental · wistful · yearning · fondness · halcyon · retrospective · heirloom · heritage
gramophone
Disc-playing sound machine
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
prohibition · vaudeville · ragtime · barbershop · tintype · daguerreotype · penny-farthing · cloche · zeppelin · biplane
dated
Old-fashioned or courted
archaic · obsolete · anachronistic · fusty · unfashionable · passe · moth-eaten · musty · dusty · creaky
sepia
Reddish-brown pigment
- yesteryearTime not long past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- memoriesStored past experiences
nostalgia · sentimental · wistful · yearning · fondness · halcyon · retrospective · heirloom · heritage · ancestral
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- BeethovenGerman classical music giant
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BachGerman composer surname
baroque · renaissance · symphony · sonata · harpsichord · quill · parchment · scroll · sonnet · ballad
- vintagevintage, antique, retro, nostalgic, bygone
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- country storegeneral store, penny candy, pickle barrel, cracker, potbelly stove
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
old-timeymodern
Of recent times
contemporary · current · present-day · up-to-date · newfangled
old-timeyhigh-tech
Using newest innovations
hi-tech · digital · computerized · automated · smart
old-timeyultramodern
Extremely advanced in style
modern · modernistic · state-of-the-art · cutting-edge · modernist
old, time, elder, older, elderly, timeless, oldest, timetable, elders