fossil
65
7.6
- noun
- /ˈfɑsəl/
- Offensive
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carca
- I'm not one of those fossils who retires to write scholarly papers and collect dust.
Examples
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You're so old, you're like a fossil.
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What's that old fossil doing here?
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But you're worse than a fossil.
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I do not like matte foundations anymore because they make me look like a fossil, like I'm that old.
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I've been waiting half my life for you fossils to figure it out.
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Who's the fossil?
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A group of self-deluding old fossils... traipsing around as if we're on some bloody gap year, -humiliating ourselves.
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My grandfather is such a fossil; he still thinks that using a landline is the best way to communicate.
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Many young people view their parents as fossils because they refuse to embrace modern technology.
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At the meeting, she called him a fossil for his outdated ideas about how to run the business.
Synonyms
14
9.8
A person or thing from a different time that seems old-fashioned
4
8.1
A person who is old-fashioned and not modern
4
9.9
A person with old-fashioned ideas who refuses to change
2
8.2
A person who prefers old ways and does not like change
1
8.6
An old-fashioned person or thing that is out of date
1
9.6
A person who prefers the usual way of doing things and does not accept new ideas
A person or thing that is very old-fashioned and not useful today
A person who refuses to accept new ideas or technology
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A dark natural oil from ancient plants and animals that people use for fuel and products
- UK
A fossil that lived in many places for a short time and shows the age of rock layers
- Specialized
A fossil of an animal or plant that lived in one time period and helps identify and date rock layers
How Old-fashioned
- Offensive
6
9.7
- Offensive
65
7.6
149
4.7
20
5.6
306
4.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fossil is also used to call someone 'old-fashioned' as a joke or insult, because they seem like something from the past, as if they were an object dug out of the ground long after they were made.