What is another word for fossilized?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɒsə͡lˌa͡ɪzd], [ fˈɒsəlˌaɪzd], [ f_ˈɒ_s_əl_ˌaɪ_z_d]
Related words: fossilization, fossil, remains of ancient life, preserved in stone, ancient creature, dinosaur, species from long ago, remains of life from long ago, fossils
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Similar words for fossilized:
- ossified (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- outmoded (adjective)
- petrified (adjective)
- ancient (noun)
- fossilized (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- harden (verb)
- indurate (verb)
- ossify (verb)
- petrify (verb)
- shrivel (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Fossilized:
adj.
• ossified (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective) • outmoded (adjective) • petrified (adjective)n.
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- carboniferous,
- era.
v.
• harden (verb)- steel,
- set,
- fortify,
- gird,
- clot,
- ossify,
- solidify,
- thicken,
- freeze,
- dry,
- cement,
- contract,
- calcify,
- fix,
- stiffen,
- cake,
- nerve,
- consolidate,
- curdle,
- temper,
- toughen,
- starch,
- brace,
- jell,
- precipitate,
- coagulate,
- press,
- firm,
- buttress,
- callous,
- congeal,
- indurate,
- amalgamate,
- strengthen,
- bake,
- anneal,
- reinforce,
- close,
- densify,
- vitrify,
- settle,
- petrify,
- compact,
- crystallize.
Other synonyms:
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- ice age,
- caveman,
- fossilize,
- primordial,
- paleolithic,
- jurassic,
- the Dreamtime,
- Neanderthal Man,
- troglodyte,
- homo erectus,
- Cro-Magnon man,
- fossil,
- ammonite,
- prehistory,
- glacial,
- the Cretaceous,
- old fashioned,
- paleontology.
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- primitive.
- Lapidified,
- antediluvian,
- withered,
- calloused,
- fossilization,
- hoary,
- effete,
- Mummified,
- mineralized,
- palsied,
- grown old,
- prehistoric,
- rickety,
- doddery,
- anile,
- shaky,
- old-time,
- toughened,
- matured,
- ageing,
- mature,
- wizened,
- deadened,
- crystallized,
- out-of-date,
- gerontal,
- moribund,
- Steeled,
- Incrusted,
- reinforced,
- shriveled,
- convert,
- medieval,
- shrivelled,
- decrepit,
- crusty,
- feeble,
- Noachian,
- outdated,
- low-tech,
- solidified,
- stricken in years,
- infirm,
- mossy,
- kaput,
- gothic,
- vitrified,
- obsolescent,
- become rigid,
- rusty,
- fossils,
- dated,
- hardened,
- time-worn,
- tottery,
- outworn,
- senile,
- debilitated,
- Doddered,
- out,
- case-hardened,
- aged,
- gerontic,
- crabbed,
- archaic,
- neolithic,
- antique,
- crusted,
- elderly,
- age,
- old,
- obsolete,
- converted,
- venerable,
- strengthened,
- granulated,
- tottering,
- Old World,
- backed,
- classical,
- grey,
- demoded,
- Indurated,
- demode,
- sclerotic,
- doddering,
- timeworn,
- weak,
- superannuated,
- moth-eaten,
- rigidified,
- stiffened,
- mossbacked.
How to use "Fossilized" in context?
The word "fossilized" comes from the Latin fossil meaning "a little heap of earth, stone, or wood, cast up by the action of fire, water, or winds." Fossils are mainly remains from prehistoric life, but they can also include the remains of plants and animals from ancient times.
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