Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun old-world

1 sense of old world

Sense 1
Old World -- (the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas)
       INSTANCE OF=> region -- (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions")

Antonyms of adj old-world

1 sense of old-world

Sense 1
old-world -- (characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an old-world cottage")

INDIRECT (VIA nonmodern) -> modern -- (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric")

Similarity of adj old-world

1 sense of old-world

Sense 1
old-world -- (characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an old-world cottage")
       => nonmodern (vs. modern) -- (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)