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most ancient

ADJECTIVE

old, often very old

Synonyms

STRONGEST

age-old antique archaic hoary old-fashioned timeworn venerable

STRONG

aged antediluvian bygone elderly fossil oldie relic remote

WEAK

antiquated back number been around creaky early few miles on lot of mileage moth-eaten obsolete old goat older out-of-date outmoded primal primeval primordial rusty superannuated worse for wear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

current fresh modern new

STRONG

young

Example Sentences

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"While the last universal common ancestor is the most ancient organism we can study with evolutionary methods," said Goldman, "some of the genes in its genome were much older."

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

The book convincingly presents the indigenous case for animism—that nature is fully alive at all levels, and that stones are our most ancient and reliable communicators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Last summer, in a peaceful corner of one of England's most ancient forests, birdsong met boom mics.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Olfaction is the most ancient of animal senses, said Catherine Price, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Sydney in Australia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Their own records began only after the settlement of the Shire, and their most ancient legends hardly looked further back than their Wandering Days.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien