old-school
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Synonyms & Antonyms for old-school
Synonyms: Adjective
antique, old-fashioned, old-time, old-timey, old-world, oldfangled, quaint, retro, retrograde, vintage
Antonyms: Adjective
contemporary, current, hot, mod, modern, modernist, modernistic, new age, newfangled, new-fashioned, present-day, red-hot, space-age, state-of-the-art, ultramodern, up-to-date
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Examples of old-school in a Sentence
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Sleep is for everyone Solutions to the age-old problem, thus far, have all been old school. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "Overworked Indian employees just want a room to nap at the workplace," 20 Aug. 2019 And even the studio’s better known original work, the Pillars of Eternity series and spiritual spinoff Tyranny, are modeled on old school RPGs like Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale series, and Planescape: Torment. — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, "The Outer Worlds swaps Fallout’s post-apocalypse for art deco in space," 2 Aug. 2019 These little Bluetooth speakers resemble an old school boom box but are small enough to fit in a pocket. — Christen A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "Summer’s 12 coolest kids’ toys," 21 July 2019 But none of this has been possible without old school academic rigour. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "How to write three books before you are 30—lessons from an Indian historian," 19 July 2019 Florida was playing Edmondson’s old school, The Citadel, and Edmondson couldn’t believe his ears when the Gators took the field amid UF fans booing the team. — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, "All fans should be a little more like Mr. Two Bits | Commentary," 13 July 2019 My fondest memories are of hot summer days spent in my parents’ backyard, listening to old school R&B while waiting for hot dogs and hamburgers to make their way off my dad’s grill and onto my plate. — Javacia Harris Bowser, al.com, "How my father unknowingly made me a feminist," 28 June 2019 What started as a wonderful idea—old school pasta salad with green olives and an entire jar of Hellmann’s!—turns into slimy sludge as the sun beats down on your super cute picnic. — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, "The Pasta Salad That Won’t Get Weird at the Picnic," 12 June 2019 Instead of paying to have the grass mowed around the remains of the old school, the town rents the land to farmers. — Stephanie Elam, CNN, "A flood forced this town to move. It could be a model for others hit by the climate crisis," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'old-school.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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old-school
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