nnoun.personany of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian delugeSynset:antediluvian patriarch
Derivationally Related Form:antediluvial
Hypernyms:patriarch
Inherited Hypernyms:antediluvianpatriarchforefatherancestorrelativepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:antediluvianpatriarchforefatherancestorrelativepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona very old personSynset:ancient
Derivationally Related Form:ancient
Hypernyms:golden ager old person oldster senior citizen
Inherited Hypernyms:ancientoldsteradultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ancientoldsteradultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adjadj.pertof or relating to the period before the biblical floodSynset:antediluvial
Derivationally Related Form:antediluvian
Pertainyms:diluvial
Inherited Hypernyms:antediluvian
adj satadj.allso extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier periodSynset:antiquated archaic
Examples:- a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
- antediluvian ideas
- archaic laws
Antonyms:new
Inherited Hypernyms:antediluvian
Similar to:old