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

Claims of prehistoric chemistry persisting in fossils aren’t new. — New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026

But the discovery shows that even in rock formations where thousands of fossils have already been collected, an entirely unexpected species can still be hiding in plain sight. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

Like several other important fossils previously sold at auction, Jodi comes from Hell Creek Formation, a geological boneyard stretching across Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

The boom has also raised concerns among paleontologists, who worry that scientifically important fossils are increasingly being priced beyond the reach of museums and disappearing into private collections. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Like fossils of prehistoric life, the evidence of all these past relationships lurked in the debris of our Connecticut household. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Geochemical analyses of the fossils provided additional evidence. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026

To do this, the team of researchers used fossils and knowledge of mosasaurs' most recent living relatives – snakes and lizards like the komodo dragon – to recreate the hunting behavior of mosasaurs. — October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

The discovery provides a detailed view into how the dinosaur’s body responded to injury before its death and demonstrates how neutron imaging can reveal soft tissues that are rarely preserved in fossils. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026