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ancient
adjective as in old, often very old
Weak matches
antiquated, back number, been around, creaky, early, few miles on, lot of mileage, moth-eaten, obsolete, old goat, older, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, rusty, superannuated, worse for wear
Example Sentences
It’s truly a wine that tells the story of its ancient landscape.
Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates Hinduism while weaving in Hindu mythology.
Qassem says it’s intended to conjure up the feel of the ancient, labyrinthine alleyways of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Scientists know this because they have examined 1.5-million-year-old fossils they unearthed and have concluded they represent the first example of two sets of hominin footprints made about the same time on an ancient lake shore.
When a team of excavators in the Turkana Basin, an archaeological site in Kenya, dug deeper, they found more evidence that ancient human ancestors had existed in the region: footprints.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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