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prehistoric
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
prehistoric • adjective 1. prehistoric human synonyms : primeval, primordial, primitive, earliest. 2. prehistoric attitudes about women | wear prehistoric clothes synonyms : out of date, old-fashioned, ancient, antiquated, superannuated.
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primeval
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
primeval • adjective primeval rocks/species synonyms : ancient, earliest, prehistoric, primitive, primordial, primal, autochthonal, pristine.
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early
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...early reply synonyms : prompt, without delay, quick, speedy, rapid, fast, expeditious, timely. 3. early man/settlements synonyms : primitive, primeval, primordial, prehistoric. antonyms: late; belated; overdue.
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whopper
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
whopper • noun informal 1. among the prehistoric land creatures, T. rex was quite a whopper! synonyms : giant, monster, colossus, mammoth, monstrosity, brute; informal jumbo. 2. Joseph's story is a whopper. See lie 1 .
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primordial
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
primordial • adjective 1. the primordial oceans synonyms : ancient, earliest, first, prehistoric, antediluvian, primeval. 2. their primordial desires synonyms : instinctive, primitive, basic, primal, primeval...
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obsolete
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...antiquated, antediluvian, anachronistic, discontinued, old, dated, archaic, ancient, fossilized, extinct, defunct, dead, bygone, out; informal prehistoric. See note at old. antonyms: cutting-edge, the latest, modern.
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distant
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...outlying, extrasolar. antonym: near. 2. the distant past synonyms : long ago, bygone, olden; ancient, prehistoric; literary of yore, olden. antonym: recent. 3. half a mile distant synonyms : away, off, apart. ...
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dated
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...outdated, outmoded, passé, behind the times, archaic, obsolete, antiquated; unfashionable, unstylish, untrendy; crusty, old world, prehistoric, antediluvian; informal old hat, out, uncool. antonym: modern.
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ancient
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
ancient • adjective 1. in ancient times synonyms : of long ago, early, prehistoric, primeval, primordial, primitive; literary of yore; archaic foregone. antonyms: recent, contemporary. 2. an...
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archaic
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...outmoded, behind the times, bygone, anachronistic, antiquated, superannuated, antediluvian, old world, old-fangled; ancient, old, extinct, defunct; prehistoric; literary of yore. See note at old. antonym: modern.
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