ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCH Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the phrase antediluvian patriarch. (close relations)
Definition of ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCH
antediluvian
Best Alternative Words for ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCH
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ancestor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||||
ancient | adjectiveadj | |||||||
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, adjectiven, 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 | nounn | |||||||
noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
senior | noun, adjectiven, 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 | 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 |