OLD HAT Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

old hat

adjective

Definition of old hat

as in historical

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Recent Examples of old hat The Bruins and Longhorns may seem like old hat now, having spent the entire season favored to return to the Final Four, but before last season, neither had made it to a national semifinal since 1987 (even earlier for UCLA). — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Dinner reservations for Valentine’s Day are old hat, but dinner reservations inside of a water park? — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2026 Another Wicked musical performance might feel old hat. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025 Selling out a concert on one of the hottest, stickiest nights of the summer is old hat for Whiskey Myers. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old hat

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Adjective

Annals are historical records arranged by year; the clue leverages the entry’s singular form to misdirect us.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Although robust buyer demand briefly drove yields down to session lows following the auction, yield levels above 5% remain substantially higher than the historical norm over the past decade.

— , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of historical

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The series follows the Canadian team’s historic run to the World Cup final, where they were ultimately toppled by host country England, going down 33-13 in front of a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium in South West London.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
America was shoddy caulk oozing from a vinyl arc in a historic heatwave.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of historic

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Personally, this idea that the woke nonsense is just an outmoded relic of the past is ridiculous.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
If outmoded office buildings end up becoming once again viable as office buildings, Berman’s thesis could end up becoming a casualty of its own transformational success.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of outmoded

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An agent acting on fragmented, out-of-date knowledge creates a decision problem at machine speed.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
There are glimmers of success in almost every advanced country, including the United States, at agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, which has finally begun to modernize its woefully out-of-date technology.

— Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of out-of-date

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Its signature Song Bag translates the skeletal geometry of traditional Chinese kites into a soft, structured leather vessel.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
The Inn operates like a traditional B&B, with free breakfast in the morning, and complimentary wine and cheese in the evening.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of traditional

Adjective

That was back in the olden times, when there was just a World Series.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Cruise also can’t stop bringing up his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman, who does seem to bare some similarities to Digger in that both are prosthetics-laden olden men with bombastic personalities.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of olden

Adjective

Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Perhaps that’s the legacy of outworn stereotypes about corruption or a lack of the type of political will that’s brought more rapid changes to corporate governance and sustainable investing standards in, for example, some Nordic countries.

— Cassie Werber, Quartz, 7 June 2022

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