ancient
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Sense: Adjective: very old
Synonyms:
old Collocations, antique, age-old, antiquated, aged, old-fashioned Collocations, past Collocations, olden, bygone, archaic, passé, obsolete, outmoded, hoary, timeworn, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, time-honored, time-honoured , timeless Collocations, of the past
Sense: Adjective: belonging to ancient history
Synonyms:
prehistoric, early Collocations, old Collocations, primordial, primal, classical, medieval, Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze age, Biblical, first Collocations
Sense: Adjective: elderly
Synonyms:
old Collocations, elderly Collocations, senior Collocations, aging Collocations, ageing , aged, gray-haired, grey-haired , white-haired, white with age, as old as Methuselah , wrinkly , wrinkled, a fossil , geriatric