Synonyms of fossils

fossils

noun

plural of fossil

as in conservatives

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

• conservatives
• veterans
• antediluvians
• stuffed shirts
• mossbacks
• fogies
• reactionaries
• fuds
• stick-in-the-muds
• fuddy-duddies
• rightists
• dodoes
• Tories
• old hands
• old maids
• mandarins
• old-timers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderns
• radicals
• liberals
• hipsters
• progressives
• trendies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fossils

The result is the latest sign that museum-quality dinosaur fossils have joined the ranks of blue-chip contemporary art, rare watches, and championship sports memorabilia as trophy assets for the world’s wealthiest collectors. — Daniel Cassady For Artnews, Robb Report, 15 July 2026

Research journals seldom publish studies about fossils that are not publicly accessible. — News Desk, Artforum, 15 July 2026

Sotheby's natural history auction includes numerous other fossils and items up for sale. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Scientists have long criticized the practice of auctioning off dinosaur fossils like these. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

Dinosaur fossils have become one of the fastest growing segments of the collectibles market, as the wealthy search for rare stores of long-term value and auction houses look to categories beyond art to diversify their sales. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Dinosaur fossils can sell across a wide range, from a few thousand pounds for a tooth or fragment to tens of millions for an exceptional skeleton. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, an advocacy group for scientists, called for the public preservation of fossils in a statement released ahead of the auction. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

These timeframes were determined by dating the sediment layers in which the fossils were encased. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 July 2026