Synonyms for Ancient:

• adj.

  •aboriginal (adjective)
  • primitive,
  • primeval,
  • most primary.
  •age-old (adjective)
  • well-established,
  • ageold.
  •aged (adjective)
  • octogenarian,
  • venerable,
  • ripe,
  • superannuated,
  • matured,
  • creakier,
  • geriatric,
  • senescent,
  • vintage,
  • worse for wear,
  • durable,
  • mature,
  • aged,
  • creaky,
  • been around.
  •all (adjective)
  • ancient.
  •antediluvian (adjective)
  • ante diluvian,
  • ante-diluvian.
  •antiquated (adjective)
  • out-worn,
  • most outworn,
  • most old fangled,
  • most old-fangled,
  • fusty,
  • more old-fangled,
  • more oldfangled,
  • more outworn,
  • more old fangled,
  • old fangled,
  • most oldfangled,
  • more out of date,
  • out worn.
  •antique (adjective)
  • out dated.
  •archaic (adjective)
  • out date.
  •bygone (adjective)
  • water under bridge,
  • more sometime,
  • by gone,
  • de parted,
  • forgotten,
  • by-gone,
  • gone by,
  • be-lated,
  • one time,
  • most sometime,
  • de-parted,
  • be lated,
  • water over dam.
  •early (adjective)
  • Proleptical,
  • prevenient,
  • a bit previous.
  •elder (adjective)
  • more firstborn,
  • first born,
  • most first-born,
  • more first-born,
  • more first born,
  • most first born,
  • most firstborn.
  •elderly (adjective)
  • more aging,
  • long tooth,
  • most declining,
  • re-tired,
  • lot mileage,
  • more declining,
  • retired,
  • most aging,
  • re tired.
  •former (adjective)
  • most whilom,
  • most aforementioned,
  • more ex-,
  • more whilom,
  • Whilom,
  • fore-going,
  • more above,
  • more ex,
  • fore going,
  • most ex,
  • most above,
  • more aforementioned,
  • most ex-.
  •historical (adjective)
  • more chronicled,
  • more attested,
  • more commemorated,
  • most commemorated,
  • more documented,
  • more archival,
  • most documented,
  • most archival,
  • most attested,
  • most chronicled.
  •moth-eaten (adjective)
  • wornout.
  •musty (adjective)
  • dried-out,
  • dried out,
  • frowzy,
  • mildewy,
  • Mildewed.
  •obsolete (adjective)
  • more has-been,
  • most has-been,
  • more old-school,
  • more old hat,
  • more has been,
  • dis used,
  • horse buggy,
  • most has been,
  • more oldhat,
  • more dinosaur,
  • has been,
  • most old hat,
  • hasbeen,
  • most out-of-fashion,
  • most oldhat,
  • more anachronistic,
  • most fossil,
  • most old-school,
  • oldschool,
  • un-fashionable,
  • most anachronistic,
  • most out of fashion,
  • most disused,
  • dis-used,
  • un fashionable,
  • more out of fashion,
  • most oldschool,
  • most hasbeen,
  • more old-hat,
  • more oldschool,
  • more out-of-fashion,
  • more hasbeen,
  • more fossil,
  • dis-carded,
  • most dinosaur,
  • dead gone,
  • most old school,
  • dis carded,
  • more disused,
  • most old-hat,
  • more old school,
  • oldhat,
  • horse and buggy.
  •old (adjective)
  • gray-haired,
  • past one's prime,
  • broken down,
  • not young,
  • timeworn,
  • olden,
  • paleolithic,
  • along in years,
  • in firm.
  •old, often very old (adjective)
  • older,
  • hoary,
  • remote,
  • fossil,
  • back number,
  • few miles on,
  • rusty,
  • old goat.
  •old-fashioned (adjective)
  • more disapproved,
  • un-stylish,
  • de mode,
  • more out-of-style,
  • un stylish,
  • dis approved,
  • most demode,
  • behind times,
  • de-mode,
  • dis-approved,
  • most demoded,
  • more demode,
  • out it,
  • most disapproved,
  • most unstylish,
  • most out-of-style,
  • more unstylish,
  • out style,
  • of old school,
  • of olden days,
  • more out of style,
  • more demoded,
  • most out of style.
  •old-time (adjective)
  • old time,
  • oldtime.
  •olden (adjective)
  • old as the hills,
  • castoff,
  • cast-off.
  •outmoded (adjective)
  • old-time.
  •over-the-hill (adjective)
  • over the hill.
  •passe (adjective)
  • passer.
  •past (adjective)
  • good old days,
  • previous,
  • gone-by,
  • yesterday's,
  • long-ago,
  • behind one,
  • back when,
  • way back,
  • ages ago,
  • yore,
  • ago,
  • anteceding,
  • time was,
  • Latterday,
  • way back when,
  • olden days.
  •prehistoric (adjective)
  • pre historic,
  • pre-historic.
  •primal (adjective)
  • para mount,
  • para-mount.
  •quaint (adjective)
  • more old-world,
  • more old world,
  • more oldworld,
  • old-world,
  • most captivating,
  • more captivating,
  • oldworld,
  • most old world,
  • most old-world,
  • most oldworld.
  •savage (adjective)
  • most unmodified,
  • unspoiled,
  • non literate,
  • more nonliterate,
  • non-literate,
  • in state nature,
  • in state of nature,
  • un-spoiled,
  • un-cultivated,
  • un-civilized,
  • un modified,
  • un civilized,
  • un-domesticated,
  • un-cultured,
  • un domesticated,
  • un-modified,
  • more unmodified,
  • un-broken,
  • most nonliterate,
  • more unbroken,
  • un cultured,
  • in a state nature,
  • most unbroken,
  • un-restrained,
  • un spoiled,
  • un cultivated,
  • un broken.
  •senile (adjective)
  • more anile,
  • most anile,
  • doting,
  • most shattered,
  • more shattered.
  •timeworn (adjective)
  • more weathered,
  • most battered,
  • most weathered,
  • more battered.

• n.

  •
  • ageing,
  • antiquity.
  •
  • classically,
  • archeological,
  • study at.
  •
  • start.
  •
  • youth.
  •ancient (noun)
  • atavistic,
  • antique,
  • fossilized,
  • time-worn,
  • original,
  • ancient history,
  • as old as the hills,
  • outmoded,
  • primordial,
  • pristine.
  •elder (noun)
  • fore-bearer,
  • fore bearer,
  • fore-bearers,
  • oldests,
  • fore bearers,
  • old fogeys.
  •golden ager (noun)
  • goldenager.
  •native (noun)
  • in habitants,
  • in habitant,
  • home towners,
  • in-habitant,
  • in-habitants.
  •senior (noun)
  • grand-fathers,
  • grand-mothers,
  • first-borns,
  • grand fathers,
  • doyennes,
  • elderly people,
  • elderly persons,
  • grand-father,
  • grand mother,
  • retired persons,
  • goldenagers,
  • grand mothers,
  • first borns,
  • old timer,
  • firstborns,
  • old folks,
  • retired people.

• Other synonyms:

  •Hellenic
  • greek.
  •
  • grecian,
  • ancestor,
  • ratty,
  • worn,
  • neoclassical,
  • oldish,
  • Stonehenge,
  • mangy,
  • the Olympic Games,
  • early,
  • mythology,
  • gnarled,
  • relic,
  • archaeological,
  • gladiatorial,
  • grizzled,
  • rickety,
  • worn-out,
  • out-of-date,
  • ionic,
  • august,
  • papyrus,
  • megalith,
  • medieval,
  • down-at-heel,
  • old-timer,
  • fleabitten,
  • tatty,
  • gaga,
  • withered,
  • roman,
  • oldie,
  • monolith,
  • outdated,
  • wizened,
  • throwback,
  • senior citizen,
  • pre-columbian,
  • standing stone,
  • overage,
  • pyramid,
  • tribune,
  • dilapidated,
  • classics.
  •
  • museum piece,
  • shabby,
  • gnarly,
  • scroll,
  • anglo-saxon,
  • battered,
  • circus,
  • forum,
  • basilica,
  • traditional,
  • senate,
  • classical,
  • beat up.
  •
  • eastern,
  • oracle.
  •
  • dull,
  • get on.
  •
  • high,
  • immemorial.
  •archaic
  • antiquarian.
  •before Christ
  • BC.
  •refined
  • hellenic.

Paraphrases for Ancient:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    age-old, old.
  • Proper noun, singular
    old.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    antiquated, immemorial, long-established, time-honoured, old-fashioned, traditional, vintage, outdated, long-time, millennial, dilapidated, historic, distant, classic, former, old-growth, prestigious, primitive, old-style, obsolete, secular, monumental, longtime, stale, archaelogical, long-outstanding, patriarchal, original, existing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    guillemots, former, ancien.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    former, longtime.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    ancestral, longstanding, archaic, centuries-old, time-honored, erstwhile.
  • Proper noun, singular
    antiquity.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    erstwhile.

Antonyms for Ancient:

• adj.

  • old, often very old
    new, current, young.
  • Other antonyms:
    full-scale, unworn, juvenile, infantile, modish, advanced, full-blown, callow, higher, underage, future, untested, Evolved, late, novel, babyish, raw, fresh, childlike, preteen, unused, fashionable, full-fledged, ageless, stylish, minor, green, childish, untried, developed, Infantine, present, brand-new, complex, latest, inexperienced, vernal, high, immature, kiddish, puerile.

• n.

  • ancient
    modern, recent, up-to-date, contemporary.

Homophones for Ancient:

• anaconda, amazement, announcement, amusement, amazon ant, anisogamete, anise-scented.

Hyponym for Ancient:

• n.

  • person
    old person, mortal, oldster, soul, person, individual, golden ager, senior citizen, somebody, someone.