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antediluvian

antediluvian definition

antediluvian


 
  Grep  of  noun  antediluvian 
  antediluvian 
  antediluvian  patriarch 
 
  Overview  of  noun  antediluvian 
 
  The  noun  antediluvian  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  antediluvian,  antediluvian  patriarch  --  (any  of  the  early  patriarchs  who  lived  prior  to  the  Deluge) 
  2.  antediluvian  --  (a  very  old  (or  old  fashioned)  person) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  antediluvian 
 
  The  adj  antediluvian  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  antediluvian,  antediluvial  --  (of  or  relating  to  the  period  before  the  Biblical  flood;  "Antediluvian  man") 
  2.  antediluvian,  antiquated,  archaic  --  (so  extremely  old  as  seeming  to  belong  to  an  earlier  period;  "a  ramshackle  antediluvian  tenement";  "antediluvian  ideas";  "archaic  laws") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  antediluvian 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  antediluvian 
 
  Sense  2 
  antediluvian,  antiquated,  archaic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  old)  ->  new 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  antediluvian 
 
  2  senses  of  antediluvian 
 
  Sense  1 
  antediluvian,  antediluvial 
  Pertains  to  adj  diluvial  (Sense  1) 
  =>diluvian,  diluvial 
 
  Sense  2 
  antediluvian,  antiquated,  archaic 
  =>  old  (vs.  new) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  antediluvian 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  antediluvian 
 
  antediluvian  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  antediluvian 
  antediluvian 
 
  Overview  of  noun  antediluvian 
 
  The  noun  antediluvian  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  antediluvian,  antediluvian  patriarch  --  (any  of  the  early  patriarchs  who  lived  prior  to  the  Deluge) 
  2.  antediluvian  --  (a  very  old  (or  old  fashioned)  person) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  antediluvian 
 
  The  adj  antediluvian  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  antediluvian,  antediluvial  --  (of  or  relating  to  the  period  before  the  Biblical  flood;  "Antediluvian  man") 
  2.  antediluvian,  antiquated,  archaic  --  (so  extremely  old  as  seeming  to  belong  to  an  earlier  period;  "a  ramshackle  antediluvian  tenement";  "antediluvian  ideas";  "archaic  laws") 



antediluvian definition