Synonyms of immemorial

immemorial

adjective

ˌi-mə-ˈmȯr-ē-əl 

as in ancient

dating or surviving from the distant past

the immemorial Alps, where once Hannibal's army marched

Synonyms & Similar Words

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• out-of-date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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of immemorial

This is when the body remembers conjugating humanity as an immemorial practice. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Also absent is the storyteller who tells the hobbits about all the change he’s seen outside Sauron’s influence — all the war, all the loss, and all the regrowth, cyclical stories that reflect his own immemorial age. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024

Kevin’s defense of his home was a defense of the memory of his family, and of their immemorial traditions menaced by the ruthless — and rootless — home invaders. — Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023

Like the schist outcroppings that rear up a couple of blocks away in Central Park, Gang’s mixture of urban attitude and immemorial forms reminds us that even a megalopolis like ours is just a collection of boxes clinging to a very old boulder. — Curbed, 25 Apr. 2023