fossilized

[fahs-uh-lahyzd] / ˈfɑs əˌlaɪzd /

ADJECTIVE

ossified

Synonyms

STRONG

hardened petrified

WEAK

hard rigid

ADJECTIVE

outmoded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antiquated archaic obsolete out-of-date

STRONG

antique bent dated out outworn superannuated superseded tired

WEAK

anachronistic antediluvian behind the times bygone dead dinosaur disused démodé extinct has-been horse and buggy moldy moth-eaten musty obsolescent old-hat old-time olden out of style passé unfashionable unstylish unusable vintage

Antonyms

STRONGEST

current modern new present

STRONG

fresh

WEAK

newfangled popular up-to-date

ADJECTIVE

petrified

Synonyms

STRONG

calcified frozen ossified solidified

Example Sentences

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The fossilized bones provide clues about how Kank may have hunted.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

In a dry riverbed deep within a forest near the Amazon in Brazil, paleontologists uncovered a fossilized jawbone from a previously unknown ancient animal.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

To Martindale, the wrinkled surface looked exactly like fossilized microbial mats.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The eggy daffodils on the wallpaper'd fossilized to slag-heap gray as the light faded.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

fossilized

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