Ancient Synonyms and Antonyms

ānshənt
Of, existing, or occurring in a distant period
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. antediluvian
  2. early
  3. primitive
Belonging to the early history of the world
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. classical
  2. high
  3. biblical
  4. early
  5. immemorial
Of, relating to, or belonging to times long past, especially before the fall of the Western Roman Empire ( ad 476):
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. old

Words Related to Ancient

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. start
  2. youth
  3. See syn. study at
  4. medieval
  5. etruscan
  6. mediaeval
  7. anglo-saxon
  8. egyptian
  9. ancient-history
  10. 11th-century
  11. sacred
  12. incan
  13. roman
  14. pharaonic
  15. in ancient times
  16. minoan

Ancient Sentence Examples

  • It looked ancient, and he opened it carefully.

  • The ancient world was a cruel place.

  • It is said that in ancient China, doctors were paid when their patients were well.

  • The power of an Ancient is beyond anything humans can understand.

  • Deliver me from a city built on the site of a more ancient city, whose materials are ruins, whose gardens cemeteries.

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