antediluvian

English Thesaurus

1. a very old person (noun.person)

hypernym	:	golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen,
definition	:	an elderly person (noun.person)

2. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge (noun.person)

hypernym	:	patriarch,
definition	:	any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race (noun.person)

3. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period (adj.all)

similar	:	old,
definition	:	of long duration; not new (adj.all)

4. a very old person (noun.person)

derivation	:	ancient,
definition	:	very old (adj.all)

5. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge (noun.person)

derivation	:	antediluvial, antediluvian,
definition	:	of or relating to the period before the biblical flood (adj.pert)

6. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	diluvial, diluvian,
definition	:	of or connected with a deluge (adj.pert)

derivation	:	antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch,
definition	:	any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge (noun.person)

7. a very old person (noun.person)

derivation	:	ancient,
definition	:	very old (adj.all)

8. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge (noun.person)

derivation	:	antediluvial, antediluvian,
definition	:	of or relating to the period before the biblical flood (adj.pert)

9. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	diluvial, diluvian,
definition	:	of or connected with a deluge (adj.pert)

derivation	:	antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch,
definition	:	any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge (noun.person)