The ancients believed the earth was flat.
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Ancients
Synonyms for "ancients" (186 found)
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long-lastinglong-livedlong-standinglong-termlongevallongevousmacrobioticman of oldmissing linkmouldymustyobsolescentobsoleteof long durationof long standingof oldof yoreold as historyold as methuselahold as time
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old timerold-fashionedold-timeold-timeroldenonceonetimepatriarchalperdurableperduringperennialpermanentperpetualpersistentpersistingpreadamiteprehistoricprehistoric manprehumanpreviousprimalprimateprimevalprimitiveprimordialpriorpristineprotohumanquondamrecentremainingremotesempervirentsenectuoussenileseniorsenior citizensinkingsometimestablestayingsteadfaststone age mansuperannuatedthentime-worntimelesstimeworntoughtraditionaltroglodyteunfadingvenerablevitalwaningwastingwhitewhite with agewhite-beardedwhite-crownedwhite-hairedwrinkledwrinklyyears old
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Irish
1 entries- ársaí noun (the people of antiquity)
Japanese
1 entries- 古代人 noun (the people of antiquity)
Spanish
1 entries- los antiguos noun (the people of antiquity)
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The ancients conceived of the world as flat.
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Super technology weapons from the ancients always end up out of control.
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“A woman without talent – that’s virtue” - true words from the ancients of a thousand-years ago.
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