What is another word for palaeolithic?

Pronunciation: [pˌaliːəlˈɪθɪk] (IPA)

Palaeolithic is an ancient period of prehistory that lasted for approximately 2.5 million years. There are several synonyms for the word Palaeolithic, including Old Stone Age, Early Stone Age, and Lower Paleolithic. The term "Old Stone Age" refers to the period when stone tools were first created and used by humans. "Early Stone Age" is a term used to describe the time when humans first created stone tools, and "Lower Paleolithic" refers to the beginning of human history, up to 400,000 years ago. These different synonyms are used depending on the particular context in which they are being used and the specific period of history they are referring to.

Synonyms for Palaeolithic:

What are the hypernyms for Palaeolithic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the holonyms for Palaeolithic?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.
  • holonyms for palaeolithic (as nouns)

What are the meronyms for Palaeolithic?

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Usage examples for Palaeolithic

So convinced is he of this essential and ineradicable difference in his heart, that seeing traces of design in palaeolithic flint flakes, and so forth, he has "not the remotest doubt as to their being the work of human hands,"-"as impossible to doubt as it would be if we had found clasp-knives and carpenters adzes."
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
It is also fairly certain that between the neolithic or smooth-stone age, and the palaeolithic, certain important geological changes took place, though those changes were not such as to have demanded any very great length of time for their accomplishment.
"Creation and Its Records"
B.H. Baden-Powell
Probably within a hundred yards of Bibury spring there are beautiful hidden caves, such as those funny little "palaeolithic" men lived in a few thousand years ago; but why there have not been more discoveries of this nature in this part of the Cotswolds it is difficult to say.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs

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