What is another word for ancient?
369 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˈe͡ɪnʃənt], [ ˈeɪnʃənt], [ ˈeɪ_n_ʃ_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for ancient:- aboriginal (adjective)
- age-old (adjective)
- aged (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- antediluvian (adjective)
- antiquated (adjective)
- antique (adjective)
- archaic (adjective)
- bygone (adjective)
- early (adjective)
- elder (adjective)
- elderly (adjective)
- former (adjective)
- historical (adjective)
- moth-eaten (adjective)
- musty (adjective)
- obsolete (adjective)
- old (adjective)
- old, often very old (adjective)
- old-fashioned (adjective)
- old-time (adjective)
- olden (adjective)
- outmoded (adjective)
- over-the-hill (adjective)
- passe (adjective)
- past (adjective)
- prehistoric (adjective)
- primal (adjective)
- quaint (adjective)
- savage (adjective)
- senile (adjective)
- timeworn (adjective)
- ancient (noun)
- elder (noun)
- golden ager (noun)
- native (noun)
- senior (noun)
- other synonyms
- Hellenic
- archaic
- before Christ
- refined
Synonyms for Ancient:
adj.
•aboriginal (adjective) •age-old (adjective) •aged (adjective)- octogenarian,
- venerable,
- ripe,
- superannuated,
- matured,
- creakier,
- geriatric,
- senescent,
- vintage,
- worse for wear,
- durable,
- mature,
- aged,
- creaky,
- been around.
- 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- more out of date,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.
- 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.
- more firstborn,
- first born,
- most first-born,
- more first-born,
- more first born,
- most first born,
- most firstborn.
- more aging,
- long tooth,
- most declining,
- re-tired,
- lot mileage,
- more declining,
- retired,
- most aging,
- re tired.
- 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-.
- more chronicled,
- more attested,
- more commemorated,
- most commemorated,
- more documented,
- more archival,
- most documented,
- most archival,
- most attested,
- most chronicled.
- 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.
- gray-haired,
- past one's prime,
- broken down,
- not young,
- timeworn,
- olden,
- paleolithic,
- along in years,
- in firm.
- older,
- hoary,
- remote,
- fossil,
- back number,
- few miles on,
- rusty,
- old goat.
- 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.
- 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.
- more old-world,
- more old world,
- more oldworld,
- old-world,
- most captivating,
- more captivating,
- oldworld,
- most old world,
- most old-world,
- most oldworld.
- 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.
n.
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- start.
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- youth.
Other synonyms:
•Hellenic-
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- 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.
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- museum piece,
- shabby,
- gnarly,
- scroll,
- anglo-saxon,
- battered,
- circus,
- forum,
- basilica,
- traditional,
- senate,
- classical,
- beat up.
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- high,
- immemorial.
- BC.
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Proper noun, singular
old.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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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.
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Proper noun, singular
guillemots, former, ancien.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
ancestral, longstanding, archaic, centuries-old, time-honored, erstwhile.
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Proper noun, singular
antiquity.
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Noun, singular or mass
erstwhile.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Ancient:
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adj.
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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.
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Other antonyms:
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ancient
modern, recent, up-to-date, contemporary.
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ancient
Homophones for Ancient:
Hyponym for Ancient:
n.
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person
old person, mortal, oldster, soul, person, individual, golden ager, senior citizen, somebody, someone.
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person