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noun

Definition of RELIC

1

a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished <a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals>

Synonyms echo, ghost, relic, shadow, trace

Related Words memento, remembrance, reminder; artifact; afterimage, aftertaste; balance, corpse, hangover, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap; dreg(s), leavings, remain(s), residual, residue, rest

2

something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period <in my grandparents' attic are many “groovy” relics from the 1960s>

Synonyms museum piece, relic

Related Words artifact, fossil; dinosaur; antiquities, ruins; hangover, remains, remnant, trace, vestige

3

one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity <his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era>

Synonyms dinosaur, relic

Related Words dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, old-timer; fuddy-duddy, mossback, stick-in-the-mud, stodge [British], troglodyte; throwback

Near Antonyms comer, rising star, up-and-comer

4

relics pl  a dead body <though it is believed that missionary died in New Guinea, his relics have never been found>

Synonyms bones, cadaver, carcass, corpus, corse [archaic], relics, remains, stiff

Related Words mummy; carnage, carrion; ashes; deceased, decedent