ANCIENT Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word ancient. (close relations)
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| aged | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • people who are old collectively adjective satellite • advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) • at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) • having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) • of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) • (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | ||||||
| antique | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • an elderly man • any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity adjective satellite • made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age • out of fashion • belonging to or lasting from times long ago verb • shop for antiques • give an antique appearance to | ||||||
| hoary | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair • ancient • covered with fine whitish hairs or down | ||||||
| antiquated | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | ||||||
| archaic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | ||||||
| bygone | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • past events to be put aside adjective satellite • well in the past; former | ||||||
| obsolete | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • no longer in use • old; no longer valid or fashionable | ||||||
| old | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age • of long duration; not new noun • past times adjective satellite • of a very early stage in development • (used for emphasis) very familiar • skilled through long experience • belonging to some prior time • excellent • just preceding something else in time or order | ||||||
| olden | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • relating to time long past | ||||||
| outdated | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • old; no longer valid or fashionable | ||||||
| outmoded | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • out of fashion | ||||||
| prehistoric | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to times before written history adjective satellite • belonging to or existing in times before recorded history • outdated | ||||||
| primitive | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms adjective satellite • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | ||||||
| venerable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • impressive by reason of age • profoundly honored | ||||||
| antediluvian | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the period before the biblical flood noun • any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge • a very old person adjective satellite • so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | ||||||
| forerunner | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone • anything that precedes something similar in time | ||||||
| geriatric | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the aged • of or relating to or practicing geriatrics | ||||||
| oldster | nounn | |||||
noun • an elderly person | ||||||
| antecessor | nounn | |||||
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| senior citizen | nounn | |||||
noun • an elderly person | ||||||
