'ancient' definitions:
Definition of 'ancient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
adjective
Very old; "an ancient mariner"
noun
A very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian]
noun
A person who lived in ancient times
Synonyms of 'ancient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Bronze Age man,
- 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,
- Hominidae,
- humanoid,
- immemorial,
- immutable,
- intransient,
- inveterate,
- Iron Age man,
- 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 history,
- old as Methuselah,
- 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,
- Stone Age man,
- 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 old
Words containing 'ancient'
- anciently,
- ancientness,
- ancients,
- Ancient Oaks,
- Ancient demesne,
- Ancient lights,
- ancient greek,
- ancient history,
- ancient of days,
- ancient pine,
- Ancient Oaks, PA,
- The ancient r'egime,
- Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite,
- seven wonders of the ancient world,
- Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine