ANCIENT Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word ancient. (exact relations)
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	adjective satellite • no longer in use • old; no longer valid or fashionable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	outdated				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • old; no longer valid or fashionable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

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