Synonyms of fossil

fossil

noun

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas

some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservative
• veteran
• fogy
• mossback
• stuffed shirt
• antediluvian
• dodo
• Colonel Blimp
• reactionary
• fud
• stick-in-the-mud
• Tory
• fuddy-duddy
• rightist
• mandarin
• old hand
• old maid
• old-timer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• trendy
• hipster
• liberal
• progressive
• radical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fossil

Beyond art, Griffin has also been a major buyer of important documents and prehistoric fossils. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

The team notes that since the fossil was located in an area that would have once been where water and land met, the insect's transitional habitat played a key role in its evolution. — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Neanderthals and Denisovans left behind fossils — from which scientists could extract DNA — as well as identifiable traces in human genes. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

As paleobotanists, my colleagues and I use plant fossils to identify which species once lived in a place. — Regan E. Dunn, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026