The vampire was born in the antediluvian world.
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Antediluvian
/ˌæn.tɪ.dɪˈluː.vɪ.ən/
Synonyms for "antediluvian" (133 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Adjective(7 words)
aboriginalaborigineage oldage-oldagedancientante bellumante-bellumantemundaneanthropoidantiquatedantiqueape-manarchaicautochthonback numberbefore the fallbefore the flood
Noun(2 words)
ancientantediluvian patriarch
Strong matches (40)
before the warbronze age manbushmancave dwellercavemanclassicalconservativedaddodoearlyelderextinctfogyformerfossilfossil manfossilizedfudfuddy duddyfuddy-duddy
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (66)
missing linkmossbackmouldymustyof other timesoldold believerold crockold dodoold fogyold linerold manold poopold timerold womanold worldold-timerold-worldpatriarchpetrified
Show 35 more words
poppopspre-aryanpre-christianpre-renaissancepre-romanpreadamitepreclassicalpreculturalprehistoricprehistoric manprehumanprelapsarianpremillenarianpremundaneprerevolutionarypreromanticprewarprimateprimitiveprotohistoricprotohumanreactionaryregular old fogyrelicsquarestaretsstick-in-the-mudstone age mansuperannuatedtimeworntraditionalisttroglodytevenerablevictorian
Adjective(10 words)
obsoleteobsolete practiceold fossiloutdated beliefoutmodedpre flood patriarchpre flood personprehistoricprimevalrelic
Noun(1 words)
prehistoric era
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: antiquated, archaic, aboriginal, aborigine, age old.
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesMore specific
11 entriesNeolithicPaleolithicantediluvian patriarcharchaic figurearchaic notionobsolete practiceobsolete technologyold fossilold-fashioned policyoutdated doctrinepre Flood patriarch
Collocations
10 entriesantediluvian attitudesantediluvian beliefsantediluvian conceptantediluvian eraantediluvian ideasantediluvian manuscriptantediluvian notionantediluvian relicantediluvian technologyantediluvian worldview
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անդրջրհեղեղյան adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Bulgarian
1 entries- допото́пен adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Catalan
1 entries- antediluvià adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Czech
1 entries- předpotopní adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Dutch
2 entries- antiek adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
- prehistorisch adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Finnish
1 entries- aataminaikainen adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
French
1 entries- antédiluvien adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
German
1 entries- vorsintflutlich adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Italian
2 entries- antediluviano adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
- antidiluviano adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Macedonian
1 entries- претпотопски adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- førhistorisk adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
- prehistorisk adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Polish
2 entries- pradziejowy adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
- przedpotopowy adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Portuguese
1 entries- antediluviano adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Russian
2 entries- доистори́ческий adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
- допото́пный adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Spanish
1 entries- antediluviano adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Ukrainian
1 entries- допото́пний adj (of animals and plants: long extinct — see also prehistoric)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The vampire was born in the antediluvian period.
Source: tatoeba (9117261)
"I'd sooner walk than take my chances in an antediluvian rattle-trap like that," said the tall wayfarer, bending quite close to her ear.
Source: tatoeba (11563000)
[P]erhaps ſome perſons might outlive Methuſelah; the Text intending onely the maſculine line of Seth, conduceable unto the Genealogy of our Saviour, and the antediluvian Chronology.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "antediluvian"?
Closest matches include antiquated, archaic, aboriginal, aborigine, age old.
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