Synonyms of ancient

ancient 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in venerable

dating or surviving from the distant past

Rome's ancient ruins remain carefully preserved even in the midst of the bustle of the modern city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• venerable
• antique
• old
• medieval
• archaic
• antiquated
• prehistoric
• antediluvian
• age-old
• hoary
• prehistorical
• immemorial
• traditional
• aged
• mediaeval
• hoar
• ageing
• aging
• durable
• classical
• obsolete
• outmoded
• vintage
• enduring
• old-time
• old-world
• dateless
• dated
• out-of-date
• retro
• fusty
• permanent
• geriatric
• archaistic
• lasting
• primeval
• old-fashioned
• timeless
• Noachian
• classic
• ageless
• primordial
• moldy
• tried-and-true
• passé
• mature
• timeworn
• long-lived
• time-honored
• tried
• time-tested
• hallowed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• new
• recent
• young
• contemporary
• youthful
• current
• fresh
• latest
• present-day
• novel
• vernal
• untried
• ultramodern
• unused
• mod
• untested
• brand-new
• unworn

2

as in older

being of advanced years and especially past middle age

used to think that age 40 was ancient until I turned 40 myself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• older
• old
• elderly
• ageing
• aging
• aged
• senior
• geriatric
• senescent
• over-the-hill
• long-lived
• long in the tooth
• of a certain age
• unyoung
• venerable
• oldish
• adult
• octogenarian
• sexagenarian
• centenarian
• nonagenarian
• septuagenarian
• middle-aged
• patriarchal
• retired
• decrepit
• superannuated
• matriarchal
• senile
• doddering
• mature
• spavined
• grown-up
• overaged
• tottery
• anile
• pensioned
• overage

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• young
• youthful
• ageless
• juvenile
• adolescent
• youngish
• immature
• minor
• green
• puerile
• raw
• inexperienced
• infantile
• childish
• underage
• childlike
• preteen
• callow
• infantine
• babyish
• kiddish

3

as in primitive

relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period

the ancient Inca built a vast network of roads

Synonyms & Similar Words

• primitive
• prehistoric
• primal
• early
• primeval
• prehistorical
• primordial
• old
• antiquated
• antediluvian
• embryonic
• infant
• hoary
• antique
• budding
• age-old
• obsolete
• outmoded
• germinal
• aged
• out-of-date
• passé
• dateless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• late
• complex
• higher
• advanced
• high
• evolved
• developed
• full-scale
• full-blown
• full-fledged

ancient

2 of 3

noun (1)

as in elder

a person of advanced years

ancients in the tribe are accorded great respect and valued for their wisdom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elder
• adult
• senior citizen
• geriatric
• old-timer
• oldster
• golden-ager
• patriarch
• beldame
• grandame
• graybeard
• senior
• dowager
• beldam
• grandam
• dotard
• whitebeard
• gaffer
• grown-up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• youth
• youngster
• adolescent
• minor
• child
• kid
• juvenile
• cub
• kiddie
• kiddy

ancientness

3 of 3

noun (2)

1

as in maturity

the state of being an old person

if nothing else, the patriarch had achieved a degree of ancientness worthy of veneration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maturity
• age
• agedness
• elderliness
• senility
• feebleness
• senescence
• second childhood
• anecdotage
• dotage
• venerableness
• infirmity
• senectitude
• anility
• caducity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• youth
• freshness
• youthfulness
• youngness
• minority
• prime
• adolescence
• immaturity
• juvenility
• nonage

2

as in antiquity

the state of being something old

the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• antiquity
• antiquation
• agedness
• hoariness
• age
• datedness
• obsoleteness
• obsolescence
• agelessness
• fustiness
• old-fashionedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• newness
• modernity
• currency
• freshness
• novelty
• modernness
• recentness
• currentness