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Showing words for ANCIENT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Ancient

ancient

6 Letter Words for Ancient

acetin, actine, ancien, anetic, annect, annite, canine, cannet, cannie, centai, enatic, encina, incant, incent, innate, neanic, tannic, tinean

5 Letter Words for Ancient

actin, anent, annet, annie, antic, ceint, centi, cetin, enact, encia, eniac, ennia, entia, inact, inane, incan, innet, nance, necia, nenta, tenai, tenia, tinca, tinea

4 Letter Words for Ancient

acne, aine, aint, ance, anet, anne, anni, ante, anti, cain, cane, cann, cant, cate, cent, ceti, cine, cite, etic, etna, inca, inne, inta, nace, nain, nane, nant, neat, nein, neti, nice, nina, nine, tace, taen, tain, tane, tean, teca, tice, tien, tinc, tine

3 Letter Words for Ancient

ace, act, ain, ait, anc, ane, ann, ant, ate, cai, can, cat, cen, cia, cie, cit, cte, ctn, ean, eat, ect, enc, eta, etc, ice, inc, inn, int, ita, nae, nat, nea, nei, net, nie, nit, nne, tai, tan, tea, tec, ten, tic, tie, tin

Definitions for Ancient

[1] of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire a.d. 476: ancient history.
[2] dating from a remote period; of great age: ancient rocks; ancient trees.
[3] very old; aged: an ancient folk tale.
[4] being old in wisdom and experience; venerable.
[5] old-fashioned or antique.
[6] a person who lived in ancient times.
[7] one of the classical writers of antiquity.
[8] a very old or aged person, especially if venerable or patriarchal.
[9] ancients, the civilized peoples, nations, or cultures of antiquity, as the Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, and Egyptians (usually preceded by the ). the writers, artists, and philosophers of ancient times, especially those of Greece and Rome.
[10] the bearer of a flag.
[11] a flag, banner, or standard; ensign.
[12] dating from very long ago ancient ruins
[13] very old; aged
[14] of the far past, esp before the collapse of the Western Roman Empire (476 ad ) Compare medieval, modern
[15] law having existed since before the time of legal memory
[16] (often plural) a member of a civilized nation in the ancient world, esp a Greek, Roman, or Hebrew
[17] (often plural) one of the classical authors of Greek or Roman antiquity
[18] archaic an old man
[19] a flag or other banner; standard
[20] a standard-bearer; ensign

Words related to Ancient

antique, age-old, venerable, hoary, old-fashioned, timeworn, archaic, antediluvian, bygone, elderly, fossil, relic, aged, remote, oldie, antiquated, early, moth-eaten, obsolete, older

Words nearby Ancient

anchylose, anchylostomiasis, ancien régime, ancienne noblesse, ancienne-lorette, ancient, ancient arabic order of nobles of the mystic shrine, ancient greek, ancient history, ancient lights, ancient monument

Origin of Ancient

21545–55; variant of ensign by confusion with ancient1

Other words from Ancient

an·cient·ness , noun

Word origin for Ancient

C16: changed from ensign through the influence of ancient 1

Synonyms for Ancient

age-old, antique, archaic, hoary, old-fashioned, timeworn, venerable, aged, antediluvian, bygone, elderly, fossil, oldie, relic, remote, antiquated, back number, been around, creaky, early, few miles on, lot of mileage, moth-eaten, obsolete, old goat, older, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, rusty, superannuated, worse for wear