English adjective: archaic | |||
1. | archaic so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | ||
Samples | A ramshackle antediluvian tenement. Antediluvian ideas. Archaic laws. | ||
Synonyms | antediluvian, antiquated | ||
Similar | old | ||
Antonyms | new | ||
2. | archaic little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | ||
Samples | Archaic forms of life. Primitive mammals. The okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe. | ||
Synonyms | primitive | ||
Similar | early | ||
Antonyms | later, late | ||