ANCIENT

adj. 1 old, bygone, past, former, earlier, Literary olden In ancient times there were very few books 2 old, antique, antediluvian, primitive, prehistoric, primeval, primordial, Noachian, Literary Ogygian In those ancient days man had only just come down from the trees 3 old, old-fashioned, archaic, time-worn, aged, ageing, obsolescent, antiquated, elderly, venerable, grey, hoary, superannuated, obsolete, fossil, fossilized We were accosted by an ancient crone at the mouth of the cave