Ancient
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English
Adjective
Ancient (comparative ancienter or more Ancient, superlative ancientest or most Ancient)
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.
- an ancient city
- an ancient forest
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- an ancient author
- an ancient empire
Noun
Ancient (plural Ancients)- A person who is very old or who lived in ancient times.
- (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- I got all things ready as he had directed, and waited the next morning with the boat washed clean, her ancient and pendants out, and everything to accommodate his guests..
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Synonyms for Ancient
old, aged, obsolete, dated, archaic, antiquated, antique.
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Thesaurus
Bronze Age man; Hominidae; Iron Age man; Stone Age man; abiding; aboriginal; aborigine; advanced; advanced in life; advanced in years; age-long; age-old; aged; ageing; ageless; along in years; antediluvian; anthropoid; antiquated; antique; ape-man; archaic; auld; autochthon; better; brass hat; bushman; bygone; cave dweller; caveman; chronic; constant; continuing; dateless; diuturnal; doddering; doting; durable; earlier; early; elder; elderly; enduring; erstwhile; evergreen; fading; fore; forgotten; former; fossil; fossil man; fossilized; golden-ager; gray; gray with age; gray-haired; gray-headed; grey; grown old; hardy; higher-up; hoar; hoary; hominid; humanoid; immemorial; immutable; intransient; inveterate; lasting; late; long-lasting; long-lived; long-standing; long-term; longeval; longevous; macrobiotic; man of old; missing link; obsolescent; obsolete; of long duration; of long standing; of old; of yore; old; old as Methuselah; old as history; old as time; old-fashioned; old-time; old-timer; olden; once; onetime; past; patriarchal; perdurable; perduring; perennial; permanent; perpetual; persistent; persisting; preadamite; prehistoric; prehistoric man; prehuman; previous; primal; primate; primeval; primitive; primordial; prior; pristine; protohuman; quondam; recent; remaining; remote; sempervirent; senectuous; senior; senior citizen; sinking; sometime; stable; staying; steadfast; superannuated; then; timeless; timeworn; tough; traditional; troglodyte; unfading; venerable; vital; waning; wasting; white; white with age; white-bearded; white-crowned; white-haired; wrinkled; wrinkly; years
