Stone Age
1 of 2noun
1
: the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools compare mesolithic, neolithic, paleolithic
2
: a stage in a human institution or field of endeavor regarded as primitive, outmoded, or obsolete
the Stone Age of information handling before computers
Stone Age
2 of 2adjective
1
: of, relating to, or resembling the culture of the Stone Age especially in the use of stone implements
modern Stone Age peoples
our Stone Age ancestors
2
: primitive, outmoded, or unsophisticated (as in ideas or technology) by currently accepted standards
marauding mercenaries with Stone Age political ideas
Robert Moss
Robert Mossusing a Stone Age camera
Synonyms
Adjective
- antiquated
- archaic
- dated
- démodé
- demoded
- fossilized
- kaput
- kaputt
- medieval
- mediaeval
- moribund
- mossy
- moth-eaten
- neolithic
- Noachian
- obsolete
- out-of-date
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- prehistoric
- prehistorical
- rusty
- superannuated
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Example Sentences
Adjective Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children.
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
Stone Age
noun
: the oldest period in which human beings are known to have existed : the age during which stone tools were used
Stone Age
adjective
as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- archaic
- medieval
- obsolete
- antiquated
- prehistoric
- dated
- old
- neolithic
- demoded
- rusty
- discarded
- ancient
- useless
- expired
- prehistorical
- aging
- antique
- mossy
- fossilized
- outdated
- vintage
- outmoded
- defunct
- late
- historical
- outworn
- moribund
- historic
- passé
- dead
- mediaeval
- Noachian
- kaput
- retro
- superannuated
- ageing
- past
- out-of-date
- kaputt
- aged
- vanished
- disused
- extinct
- former
- unusable
- free
- démodé
- moth-eaten
- latent
- venerable
- unworkable
- idle
- oldfangled
- dormant
- obsolescent
- erstwhile
- antediluvian
- inactive
- inert
- fallow
- hoary
- inoperable
- fusty
- bygone
- inoperative
- atavistic
- old-time
- dateless
- musty
- old-fashioned
- age-old
- old-world
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- new
- recent
- modern
- current
- contemporary
- newfangled
- fresh
- mod
- ultramodern
- renewed
- operational
- modernized
- present-day
- functional
- up-to-the-minute
- new-fashioned
- up-to-date
- operating
- active
- workable
- busy
- operative
- functioning
- refurbished
- remodeled
- employed
- operable
- alive
- Third day
- third deck
- third degree
- third dimension
- third estate
- third floor
- third force
- third house
- third inversion
- third man
- third market
- third mortgage
- third order
- third person
- third personal
- third rail
- third rails
- third reading
- third sex
- third slip
- third species
- third story
- third time lucky
- third ventricle
- third water