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

Pursuing her ongoing search for visual harmony, Ransom looked to ammonite fossils and the effects of water on their surfaces, using sapphires to mimic droplets. — Virginia Corneli, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Dental thermometry Paleontologists have long argued about dinosaur physiology based on indirect evidence like bone microstructure, growth rates, and where fossils turn up on the map. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026

More than 600 species of fossils from the Miocene era have been identified at the park, including Chesapectens, Ecphora, shark teeth, and Miocene-era oyster shells. — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026

The United States has repatriated a total of 58 cultural relics, artworks, and fossils to China. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Researchers combed through 60,000 bone fragments excavated from the cave, identifying two dozen or so that appeared to closely resemble hominin bones and testing them to see whether the fossils contained any useful biomolecular information. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Tyrannosaurus rex fossils are relatively common finds, with dozens of variously complete examples on display in museums around the world. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026

See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Ruzich is a former newspaper reporter who now sells stones and fossils at Affordable Antiques and More in Naperville. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026