ancient

Meaning of ancient

noun
  1. A person who is very old.
  2. A person who lived in ancient times.
  3. One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
  4. A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
adjective
  1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
    an ancient city  an ancient forest
  2. 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
  3. (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
  4. Experienced; versed.
  5. Former; sometime.
noun
  1. A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
  2. The bearer of a flag; ensign

Information about ancient

  • The plural form of ancient is: ancients.
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Hyphenation of ancient

an-cient

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • ancient is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ancient synonyms

Meaning antediluvian:

antediluvian

Meaning :

geriatric, oldster, antique, antecessor, forerunner, aged, eldern, hoary

Translation of ancient

Words that rhyme with ancient

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