ancient

Word Type

a.

ancient Meaning Definition

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.

Synonyms for ancient

Bronze Age man,Hominidae,Iron Age man,Stone Age man,abiding,aboriginal,aborigine,advanced,advanced in life,advanced in years,age-long,age-old,aged,ageing,ageless,along in years,antediluvian,anthropoid,antiquated,antique,ape-man,archaic,auld,autochthon,better,brass hat,bushman,bygone,cave dweller,caveman,chronic,constant,continuing,dateless,diuturnal,doddering,doting,durable,earlier,early,elder,elderly,enduring,erstwhile,evergreen,fading,fore,forgotten,former,fossil,fossil man,fossilized,golden-ager,gray,gray with age,gray-haired,gray-headed,grey,grown old,hardy,higher-up,hoar,hoary,hominid,humanoid,immemorial,immutable,intransient,inveterate,lasting,late,long-lasting,long-lived,long-standing,long-term,longeval,longevous,macrobiotic,man of old,missing link,obsolescent,obsolete,of long duration,of long standing,of old,of yore,old,old as Methuselah,old as history,old as time,old-fashioned,old-time,old-timer,olden,once,onetime,past,patriarchal,perdurable,perduring,perennial,permanent,perpetual,persistent,persisting,preadamite,prehistoric,prehistoric man,prehuman,previous,primal,primate,primeval,primitive,primordial,prior,pristine,protohuman,quondam,recent,remaining,remote,sempervirent,senectuous,senior,senior citizen,sinking,sometime,stable,staying,steadfast,superannuated,then,timeless,timeworn,tough,traditional,troglodyte,unfading,venerable,vital,waning,wasting,white,white with age,white-bearded,white-crowned,white-haired,wrinkled,wrinkly,years old

Synonym Search Links for ancient

Bronze Age manHominidaeIron Age manStone Age manabidingaboriginalaborigineadvancedadvanced in lifeadvanced in yearsage-longage-oldagedageingagelessalong in yearsantediluviananthropoidantiquatedantiqueape-manarchaicauldautochthonbetterbrass hatbushmanbygonecave dwellercavemanchronicconstantcontinuingdatelessdiuturnaldodderingdotingdurableearlierearlyelderelderlyenduringerstwhileevergreenfadingforeforgottenformerfossilfossil manfossilizedgolden-agergraygray with agegray-hairedgray-headedgreygrown oldhardyhigher-uphoarhoaryhominidhumanoidimmemorialimmutableintransientinveteratelastinglatelong-lastinglong-livedlong-standinglong-termlongevallongevousmacrobioticman of oldmissing linkobsolescentobsoleteof long durationof long standingof oldof yoreoldold as Methuselahold as historyold as timeold-fashionedold-timeold-timeroldenonceonetimepastpatriarchalperdurableperduringperennialpermanentperpetualpersistentpersistingpreadamiteprehistoricprehistoric manprehumanpreviousprimalprimateprimevalprimitiveprimordialpriorpristineprotohumanquondamrecentremainingremotesempervirentsenectuousseniorsenior citizensinkingsometimestablestayingsteadfastsuperannuatedthentimelesstimeworntoughtraditionaltroglodyteunfadingvenerablevitalwaningwastingwhitewhite with agewhite-beardedwhite-crownedwhite-hairedwrinkledwrinklyyears old