antediluvian English

Meaning antediluvian meaning

What does antediluvian mean?

Definitions in simple English

antediluvian Adjective

— If something is antediluvian, it is extremely old and out of date. My old professor teaches many antediluvian theories.

antediluvian

— adjective of or relating to the period before the biblical flood antediluvian man

— adjective (= archaic) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period a ramshackle antediluvian tenement antediluvian ideas archaic laws

— noun any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

— noun (= ancient) a very old person

Synonyms antediluvian synonyms

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antediluvian English » English

antiquated

antediluvial

old-fashioned

ancient

archaic

antique

antediluvian patriarch

unprogressive

unfashionable

stuffy

stodgy

standpat

prediluvian

patriarch

passee

passe

outmoded

out-of-date

old-hat

old

nonprogressive

fusty

frumpy

frumpish

dowdy

before the Flood

before the Deluge

Topics antediluvian topics

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States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not new

• What words describe something that is old and belongs to an early period of history?
  primeval antediluvian mediaeval primordial