ANCIENTS Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word ancients. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word ancients. (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
	antiquity				nounn
	noun • the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe • extreme oldness • an artifact surviving from the past
	bygone				adjectiveadj
	noun • past events to be put aside adjective satellite • well in the past; former
	former				adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
	adjective • referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) noun • the first of two or the first mentioned of two adjective satellite • belonging to some prior time • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past • belonging to the distant past
	previous				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • just preceding something else in time or order • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past • too soon or too hasty
	primordial				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
	ancestors				nounn
	noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
	elders				nounn
	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
	forefathers				nounn
	noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
	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
	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
	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
	hoary				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair • ancient • covered with fine whitish hairs or down
	oldster				nounn
	noun • an elderly person
	antecessor				nounn
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	senior citizen				nounn
	noun • an elderly person

Best Hypernyms For ANCIENTS

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