“antediluvian”

Definitions

• adjective

  of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

  Synonyms: antediluvial, gothic, hominidae, methuselah, victorian, aboriginal, aborigine, aged, ancient, antemundane, anthropoid, antiquated

  • Example:“antediluvian man”

• adjective

  so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

  Synonyms: antiquated, archaic

  • Example:“a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”
  • Example:“antediluvian ideas”

• noun

  any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

  Synonyms: antediluvian patriarch

• noun

  a very old person

  Synonyms: ancient