ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCH Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the phrase antediluvian patriarch. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCH
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| ancestor | noun n | |||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||
| ancient | adjective adj | |||||
noun • a very old person • a person who lived in ancient times adjective satellite • belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire • very old | ||||||
| elder | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a person who is older than you are • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit • any of various church officers adjective satellite • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | ||||||
| forefather | noun n | |||||
noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | ||||||
| old | adjective adj | |||||
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 | ||||||
| senior | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
adjective • older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service noun • an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation • a person who is older than you are adjective satellite • used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college • advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | ||||||
| antediluvian | adjective adj | |||||
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 | ||||||