time-worn
Showing the years
Time-worn describes something aged and deteriorated through long use or existence.
A time-worn staircase shows the grooves of countless footsteps; time-worn traditions have persisted so long they feel inevitable.
The word suggests both the damage of passing years and the authenticity that comes with endurance: time-worn pages, time-worn phrases.
Often interchangeable with timeworn.
Surface film from aging
- erodedGradually degraded by elements
- fadedLost original color
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- chippedBroken at edge
tattered · frayed · dilapidated · decrepit · crumbled · peeling · rusty · corroded
Preserved ancient object
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
prehistoric · fossilized · primordial · temples · monuments · inscriptions · tombs · citadels
patina
Surface film from aging
chipped · tattered · frayed · dilapidated · decrepit · crumbled · peeling · rusty · corroded · battered
relic
Preserved ancient object
archaeology · prehistoric · fossilized · primordial · temples · monuments · inscriptions · tombs · citadels · remnants
lasting
Continuing through time
timeless · ageless · perennial · surviving · persistent · reliable · sturdy · unchanged · classic · heirloom
- aging signswrinkles, fine lines, wrinkled skin, gray hair, frown lines
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- vintagevintage, antique, retro, old-fashioned, nostalgic
- rustic finishdistressed wood, whitewash, reclaimed wood, farmhouse style, shabby chic
- age descriptorsaged, elderly, old, young, youthful
- ancient timesancient, primeval, primitive, primordial, archaic