antediluvian

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
• Syn:
antediluvian patriarch
• Derivationally related forms:
antediluvial
• Hypernyms:
patriarch
2. a very old person
• Syn:
ancient
• Derivationally related forms:
ancient (for: ancient)
• Hypernyms:
oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager

II - adjective

1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- antediluvian man
• Syn:
antediluvial
• Pertains to noun:
diluvial (for: antediluvial), diluvial
• Derivationally related forms:
antediluvian (for: antediluvial)
2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
- antediluvian ideas
- archaic laws
• Syn:
antiquated, archaic
• Similar to:
old

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  antiquated, archaic, antediluvial, ancient, antediluvian patriarch