NONHISTORICAL Antonyms

• 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

• made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age

• out of fashion

• belonging to or lasting from times long ago

• shop for antiques

• give an antique appearance to

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• past events to be put aside

• well in the past; former

• of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.

• a creation of the highest excellence

• an artist who has created classic works

• of a well-known type; remarkably typical

• considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth

• well-known and long-established in form or style

• of or relating to the study of history

• used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

• having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

• of long duration; not new

• past times

• 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

• earlier than the present time; no longer current

• the time that has elapsed

• a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

• so as to pass a given point

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

• consisting of or derived from tradition

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

• a season's yield of wine from a vineyard

• the oldness of wines