antediluvian meaning

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antediluvian (adjective): of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.

antediluvian has 4 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

antediluvian as an adjective

  1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
    • antediluvian man

    Synonyms: antediluvial

    Related forms: diluvial

  2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
    • a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
    • antediluvian ideas
    • archaic laws

    Synonyms: antiquated, archaic

    Similar: old

antediluvian as a noun

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

    Synonyms: antediluvian patriarch

    Type of: patriarch

    Related forms: antediluvial

  2. a very old person

    Synonyms: ancient

    Type of: oldster

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in AN · 12-letter words

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