ancient as in belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- "ancient history"
- "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"
- "ancient Greece"
ancient as in very old
- "an ancient mariner"
ancient as in a very old person
Synonyms
- antediluvianof or relating to the period before the biblical flood; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge ; a very old person
ancient as in a person who lived in ancient times