outdate
Render no longer current
To outdate something is to make it obsolete or old-fashioned, to cause it to fall behind current standards or practices.
Technology outdates quickly; smartphones have outdated the landline.
The past participle outdated serves as the common adjective: outdated software, outdated ideas.
Replace something outdated
- replacePut something else there
- supplantReplace by force
- displaceRemove from proper position
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
overtake · surpass · leapfrog · upgrade · modernize · phase-out · succeed · dethrone
No longer in use
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- discontinuedNo longer available
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- supersededReplaced by something newer
antiquated · archaic · anachronistic · superannuated · defunct · extinct · phased-out · retired
No longer fashionable
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- unhipLacking current awareness
- uncoolLacking social appeal
- unstylishLacking fashionable appeal
frumpy · dowdy · square · behind-the-times · old-hat · démodé · stale · tired
Gradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
expiring · aging · withering · atrophying · degenerating · eroding · crumbling · decaying
supersede
Replace something outdated
eclipse · overtake · surpass · leapfrog · upgrade · modernize · phase-out · succeed · dethrone · usurp
obsolete
No longer in use
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- discontinuedNo longer available
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
superseded · antiquated · archaic · anachronistic · superannuated · defunct · extinct · phased-out · retired · abandoned
passé
No longer fashionable
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- unhipLacking current awareness
- uncoolLacking social appeal
unstylish · frumpy · dowdy · square · behind-the-times · old-hat · démodé · stale · tired · fuddy-duddy
fading
Gradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
deteriorating · expiring · aging · withering · atrophying · degenerating · eroding · crumbling · decaying
outdaterestore
Return to earlier state
rehabilitate · reinstate · revive · resurrect · revalidate
- outdated infoInformation no longer accurate