What is another word for fossil?
378 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɒsə͡l], [ fˈɒsəl], [ f_ˈɒ_s_əl]
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Similar words for fossil:
- ancient (adjective)
- obsolete (adjective)
- old (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- corpse (noun)
- dodo (noun)
- fogey (noun)
- fogy (noun)
- fossil (noun)
- golden oldie (noun)
- object (noun)
- old-timer (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- stick-in-the-mud (noun)
- remains (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Fossil:
adj.
• ancient (adjective)- ante-diluvian,
- more oldie,
- most relic,
- motheaten,
- age old,
- by-gone,
- ante diluvian,
- more relic,
- re-mote,
- re mote,
- most fossil,
- more fossil,
- more out of date,
- creakiest,
- lot mileage,
- by gone,
- moth eaten,
- most oldie.
- most hasbeen,
- dis used,
- dis-carded,
- most outworn,
- most dinosaur,
- more hasbeen,
- most old hat,
- dis-used,
- un-fashionable,
- more oldhat,
- more oldschool,
- most disused,
- oldschool,
- most oldschool,
- more old-school,
- most out-of-fashion,
- more out-of-fashion,
- most old school,
- hasbeen,
- more anachronistic,
- most has been,
- most anachronistic,
- most out of fashion,
- more dinosaur,
- has been,
- more out of fashion,
- more disused,
- more outworn,
- more has been,
- out worn,
- more old school,
- oldhat,
- most old-school,
- dis carded,
- more old hat,
- more has-been,
- most oldhat,
- horse buggy,
- out-worn,
- more old-hat,
- most old-hat,
- dead gone,
- most has-been,
- un fashionable.
- geriatric,
- gray-haired,
- oldish,
- along in years,
- broken down,
- not young,
- past one's prime,
- over the hill,
- grizzled,
- in firm.
- old fashioned,
- relic,
- ageold,
- primeval,
- had it,
- old goat,
- dinosaur,
- oldie,
- disused,
- old-school,
- out-of-fashion,
- has-been,
- out-of-date,
- oldfashioned,
- old-hat,
- out of date,
- back number,
- creakier,
- anachronistic,
- worse for wear,
- lot of mileage,
- ancient,
- been around,
- obsolete,
- timeworn,
- out of fashion,
- dead and gone,
- few miles on,
- old,
- creaky,
- superannuated,
- horse and buggy.
n.
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•
- carboniferous,
- era.
- dodo.
- fogy.
v.
• remains (verb)Other synonyms:
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- glacial,
- ice age,
- fossilized,
- fuddy-duddy,
- prehistory,
- neolithic,
- primordial,
- caveman,
- Cro-Magnon man,
- troglodyte,
- fossilize,
- prehistoric,
- the Dreamtime,
- the Cretaceous,
- jurassic,
- homo erectus,
- ammonite,
- paleontology,
- Neanderthal Man,
- paleolithic.
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- primitive.
- end,
- Antemundane,
- elder,
- balance,
- residue,
- outdated,
- mouldy,
- antebellum,
- granite,
- obsolescent,
- cartilage,
- relics,
- straw,
- holdover,
- shadow,
- antiquity,
- dated,
- elderly,
- early,
- scouring,
- block,
- rag,
- scrap,
- old-time,
- Preglacial,
- gothic,
- afterglow,
- venerable,
- ancestral,
- crystal,
- antique,
- aboriginal,
- starets,
- hag,
- anachronism,
- prime,
- petroglyph,
- Primigenous,
- wreck,
- refuse,
- veteran,
- petrification,
- marble,
- hardware,
- husks,
- petrified forest,
- aged,
- pebble,
- crone,
- husk,
- moldy,
- leftover,
- paleoanthropological,
- regular old fogy,
- sawdust,
- archaic,
- dead,
- grey,
- matriarch,
- time-worn,
- detritus,
- nail,
- old man,
- dowdy,
- Noachian,
- Microlith,
- ancient manuscript,
- board,
- vestige,
- classic,
- parent,
- neolith,
- dad,
- old liner,
- Leavings,
- imprint,
- remnant,
- impression,
- crag,
- odds and ends,
- paleontologic,
- ruin,
- residuum,
- brick,
- earliest,
- Filings,
- fossilization,
- Ogygian,
- shaving,
- stone,
- reconstruction,
- patriarchal,
- has-beens,
- Raphus Cucullatus,
- survival,
- reactionary,
- Reliquiae,
- candle ends,
- Orts,
- remainder,
- rock,
- paleolith,
- iron,
- parings,
- stale,
- extinct,
- longhair,
- preColumbian,
- rump,
- dotard,
- rest,
- leftovers,
- diluvian,
- Sweepings,
- old believer,
- beginning,
- cement,
- chaff,
- Fud,
- artifact,
- pop,
- OAP,
- fart,
- butt,
- petrifaction,
- stubble,
- ruins,
- deposit,
- old person,
- primal,
- medieval,
- eolith,
- old woman,
- skeleton,
- older,
- POPS,
- witch,
- artefact,
- paring,
- steel,
- flint,
- oldster,
- roach,
- afterimage,
- ageing,
- antiquated,
- fossilised,
- Paleocrystic,
- scraps,
- rubbish,
- outmoded,
- quartz,
- scourings,
- bone,
- past,
- bygone,
- colonial,
- adamant,
- specimen,
- musty,
- out-moded,
- antediluvian,
- classical,
- beldam,
- archaism,
- hoary,
- offscourings,
- mildewy,
- shavings,
- archeological remains,
- waste,
- retiree,
- granny,
- cave painting,
- debris,
- methuselah,
- stump,
- black-letter,
- wrought iron,
- paleozoic,
- rags,
- petrified wood,
- fusty,
- patriarch,
- Preadamite,
- trace,
- concrete,
- Old World,
- behind the times,
- petrified,
- traditionalist.
How to use "Fossil" in context?
What does a fossil mean?
Fossils are the remains or traces of once living things. Fossils are often found in the earth, and can be anything from individual bones to complete animal skeletons.
Why are fossils important?
Fossils can be important because they can tell scientists a lot about the history of the earth. They can also help scientists learn more about the natural world. For example, scientists can learn how animals used to look, and what kinds of creatures lived on earth in the past.
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
fossilized, fossil-fuel, fossil-based.
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Adjective
Homophones for Fossil:
- fossel.
Hypernym for Fossil:
n.
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object
ammonite, index fossil, wormcast, guide fossil, ammonoid, microfossil, fucoid, belemnite.
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object
Hyponym for Fossil:
n.
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object
remains.
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object
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