Prehistoric

Synonyms for "prehistoric" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

aboriginal ancestral ancient ante bellum antediluvian antepatriarchal antiquated atavistic autochthonous

Adjective(2 words)

ante-historic antediluvian

Strong matches (15)

earliest early erstwhile fore former fossil humanoid immemorial late old old-fashioned olden once onetime passe

Related words (26)

past patriarchal preadamite preglacial prehistorical prehuman prelapsarian previous prewar primal prime primeval primitive primogenial primoprimitive primordial prior pristine protohistoric protohuman

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quondam recent sometime then unfashionable

Adjective(1 words)

prehistorical

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

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prehistorical

Related terms

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precontact prehistory

derived

3 entries

nonprehistoric prehistoric age prehistorically

derived from

1 entries

history

related to

5 entries

epoch nonmodern prehistorically prehistory record

similar

4 entries

past unfashionable unstylish

Translations

73 translations across 60 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

parahistorik adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
prehistorik adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Arabic

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مَا قَبْلَ التَّارِيخ adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Armenian

1 entries

նախապատմական adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Asturian

1 entries

prehistóricu adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Azerbaijani

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tarixdən qabaqkı adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Belarusian

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дагістары́чны adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Bengali

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প্রাগৈতিহাসিক adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Bulgarian

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предистори́чески adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Catalan

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prehistòric adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

史前的 adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Czech

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pravěký adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Danish

1 entries

forhistorisk adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Dutch

1 entries

prehistorisch adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Esperanto

1 entries

prahistoria adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Estonian

1 entries

eelajalooline adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Faroese

1 entries

fyrisøguligur adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Finnish

1 entries

esihistoriallinen adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

French

2 entries

préhistorique adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
préhistorique adj (outdated)

Galician

2 entries

prehistórico adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
prehistórico adj (outdated)

Georgian

3 entries

პრეისტორიული adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
წინაისტორიული adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
წინარეისტორიული adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

German

3 entries

prähistorisch adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
vorgeschichtlich adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
vorhistorisch adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Greek

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προϊστορικός adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Hebrew

1 entries

פרהיסטורי adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Hindi

1 entries

प्रागैतिहासिक adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Hungarian

1 entries

történelem előtti adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Icelandic

1 entries

forsögulegur adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Ido

1 entries

prehistoriala adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Indonesian

1 entries

prasejarah adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Italian

1 entries

preistorico adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Japanese

2 entries

先史の adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
先史時代の adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Kazakh

2 entries

тарихтан бұрынғы adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
тарихқа дейінгі adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Khmer

1 entries

បុរេប្រវត្តិ adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Korean

2 entries

선사 시대의 adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
선사의 adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

тарыхка чейинки adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
тарыхтан мурунку adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Latin

2 entries

praehistoricus adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
praehistorius adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Latvian

1 entries

aizvēsturisks adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Lithuanian

1 entries

priešistorinis adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Macedonian

1 entries

предисториски adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Malay

1 entries

prasejarah adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Maltese

1 entries

preistoriku adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

pêşdîrokî adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

forhistorisk adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

forhistorisk adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Polish

1 entries

prehistoryczny adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Portuguese

1 entries

pré-histórico adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Romanian

1 entries

preistoric adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Russian

1 entries

доистори́ческий adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Scottish Gaelic

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ro-eachdraidheil adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

pràpovijēsnī adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)
prètpovijēsnī adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Slovak

1 entries

praveký adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Slovene

1 entries

prazgodovinski adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Spanish

1 entries

prehistórico adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Swedish

1 entries

förhistorisk adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Tagalog

1 entries

sinauna adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Turkish

1 entries

tarih öncesi adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Ukrainian

1 entries

доістори́чний adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Uzbek

1 entries

tarixdan ilgarigi adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tiền sử adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Volapük

1 entries

rujenavik adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Welsh

1 entries

cynhanesyddol adj (of relating to the epoch before written record)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Prehistoric men were skilled in knapping.

Source: tatoeba (424925)

Prehistoric figurines have been interpreted in many different ways.

Source: tatoeba (2128880)

The ice has fossilised many prehistoric animals.

Source: tatoeba (5045566)

In such surroundings the mind loses its perspective; time and space become trivial and unreal, and echoes of a forgotten prehistoric past beat insistently upon the enthralled consciousness.

Source: tatoeba (5749612)

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