ancient
11ancient — *old, venerable, antediluvian, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete Analogous words: primeval, pristine, primal, primordial (see PRIMARY) Antonyms: modern Contrasted words: *new, new fashioned, new fangled, fresh, novel, modernistic: current,… …
12ancient — [adj] old, often very old aged, age old, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number*, been around*, bygone, creaky*, early, elderly, few miles on*, fossil*, hoary, lot of mileage*, moth eaten*, obsolete, older, old fashioned, old… …
13ancient — 01. They found the ruins of an [ancient] civilization while digging for oil. 02. He did his doctoral thesis on the marriage customs of slaves living in [ancient] Rome. 03. My grandmother is [ancient], almost 100 years old. 04. The origins of the… …
14ancient — an|cient1 W2 [ˈeınʃənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ancien, from Vulgar Latin anteanus, from Latin ante before ] 1.) belonging to a time long ago in history, especially thousands of years ago ≠ ↑modern ▪ the ancient civilizations… …
15ancient — ancient1 ancientness, n. /ayn sheuhnt/, adj. 1. of or in time long past, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire A.D. 476: ancient history. 2. dating from a remote period; of great age: ancient rocks; ancient trees. 3. very old; aged: an… …
16ancient — [[t]e͟ɪnʃənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ ancients 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire. They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning. Derived …
17ancient — 1. adj. & n. adj. 1 of long ago. 2 having lived or existed long. n. archaic an old man. Phrases and idioms: ancient history 1 the history of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean area and the Near East before the fall of the Western… …
18ancient — /ˈeɪnʃənt / (say aynshuhnt), /ˈeɪntʃənt / (say aynchuhnt) adjective 1. of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire, AD 476: ancient history. 2. dating from a remote period; of great age. 3. very old (applied to… …
19ancient — 1. adjective /ˈeɪnʃənt/ a) Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old. an ancient city b) Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity;… …
20ancient — {{11}}ancient (adj.) mid 14c., auncyen, from O.Fr. ancien old, long standing, ancient, from V.L. *anteanus, lit. from before, adjectivization of L. ante before, in front of, against (from PIE *anti against, locative singular of *ant front,… …
