antediluvian
2
9.9
- adjective
- /ˌæn.tɪ.dɪˈluː.vi.ən/
:
anticuado
- The assumption is that if the press does not speak out more openly, it is because it is confronted by an antediluvian statute book and the deep-seated illiberality of the Turkish establishment.
- now seems positively antediluvian
And so there's, you know, antediluvian and post diluvian stories about humans.
- And so there's, you know, antediluvian and post diluvian stories about humans.
- And so we would like to see Afghanistan get out of the, you know, it's more antediluvian, I think ways.
Examples
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It's become de rigueur since the 1997 publication of Invisible Republic to talk about Appalachian and other antediluvian songs and ballads as emblematic of what author Greil Marcus called "the old, weird America."
Blog text (6) -
She could imagine the sight they made, emerging out of the prismatic mist, otherworldly and antediluvian on their shimmering greenglass mounts.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the early '90s, when I was editor of Independent School, my work was done on a computer that now seems positively antediluvian.
Academic text (2006) -
If it hadn't been for those antediluvian attacks on contraception, we'd be calling this the Year of the Woman.
Blog text (18) -
Like a smaller, antediluvian Chronicle of Higher Education, the early SCHOLAR offered shoptalk for people employed at the nation's universities and colleges.
Academic text (2007) -
The tradition goes back at least to 1882 and the publication of Ignatius Donnelly's Atlantis: The Antediluvian World.
Academic text (2006) -
They were New York fossils, and more graceful and delicate than any antediluvian crustacean that Karen had seen in a museum.
Fiction book (1994) -
Many aspects of the design seemed antediluvian, as if they belonged in a different era.
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The professor's views on technology felt antediluvian, contrasting sharply with the modern ideas of his students.
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Her fashion choices were so antediluvian that her friends joked she had stepped out of a history book.
Synonyms
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3.4
Very old and from a long time ago
908
6.1
Relating to a very early stage in a language, period, or culture
149
4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
78
5.0
No longer useful or fashionable because it is old
34
9.9
Very old and not used in everyday life
32
8.2
Very old and not useful or suitable now
18
6.7
Like music or clothes from a past time that feel warm and familiar
16
9.6
From a time long ago when life was different
9
9.6
Belonging to an earlier time and not fitting the present
9
7.5
Old-fashioned and not modern
8
5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
3
6.2
Not modern and looking old-fashioned
3
7.3
From earlier times in Europe with traditional style
1
5.5
From a time before modern technology and ideas
1
6.9
A time before people wrote things down
1
7.8
Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology
From a time before the flood in the Bible
Having an older style that does not follow current fashion
Not changed to use new methods or machines
Old-fashioned and unfair in ideas or ways of treating people
A person or thing that belongs to a different time and feels out of place now
Belonging to a different time and not fitting the present
Antonyms
Compounds
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antediluvian comes from the Latin parts ante- ('before') and diluvium ('flood'), literally 'before the flood' and related to the English word deluge ('big flood'). Think of something so old it belongs to the time before the great flood, and that's why antediluvian means extremely old or very old-fashioned.