Ancient

Adjective

 * 1) Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.
 * an ancient city
 * an ancient forest
 * 1) Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
 * an ancient author
 * an ancient empire

Noun

 * 1) A person who is very old or who lived in ancient times.
 * 2)  A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
 * 3) * 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
 * I got all things ready as he had directed, and waited the next morning with the boat washed clean, her  ancient and pendants out, and everything to accommodate his guests..

Synonyms for Ancient
old, aged, obsolete, dated, archaic, antiquated, antique.

Antonyms for Ancient
modern, new.

Derived terms

 * Ancient Egypt
 * Ancient Greece
 * Ancient Macedonian


 * ancient pyramid
 * Ancient Rome
 * ancientry

Related terms

 * antic
 * antique
 * antiquary


 * antiquarian
 * antiquated
 * antiquity

Thesaurus
Bronze Age man; Hominidae; Iron Age man; Stone Age man; abiding; aboriginal; aborigine; advanced; advanced in life; advanced in years; age-long; age-old; aged; ageing; ageless; along in years; antediluvian; anthropoid; antiquated; antique; ape-man; archaic; auld; autochthon; better; brass hat; bushman; bygone; cave dweller; caveman; chronic; constant; continuing; dateless; diuturnal; doddering; doting; durable; earlier; early; elder; elderly; enduring; erstwhile; evergreen; fading; fore; forgotten; former; fossil; fossil man; fossilized; golden-ager; gray; gray with age; gray-haired; gray-headed; grey; grown old; hardy; higher-up; hoar; hoary; hominid; humanoid; immemorial; immutable; intransient; inveterate; lasting; late; long-lasting; long-lived; long-standing; long-term; longeval; longevous; macrobiotic; man of old; missing link; obsolescent; obsolete; of long duration; of long standing; of old; of yore; old; old as Methuselah; old as history; old as time; old-fashioned; old-time; old-timer; olden; once; onetime; past; patriarchal; perdurable; perduring; perennial; permanent; perpetual; persistent; persisting; preadamite; prehistoric; prehistoric man; prehuman; previous; primal; primate; primeval; primitive; primordial; prior; pristine; protohuman; quondam; recent; remaining; remote; sempervirent; senectuous; senior; senior citizen; sinking; sometime; stable; staying; steadfast; superannuated; then; timeless; timeworn; tough; traditional; troglodyte; unfading; venerable; vital; waning; wasting; white; white with age; white-bearded; white-crowned; white-haired; wrinkled; wrinkly; years