antediluvian
Before the flood
Antediluvian literally means before the flood—the biblical deluge survived by Noah.
The word now typically describes something absurdly old-fashioned or outdated: antediluvian attitudes toward women in the workplace, His computer equipment was antediluvian.
It carries a tone of dismissive exaggeration, suggesting something belongs to a bygone era.
Biblical vessel builder
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- MethuselahScriptural longevity exemplar
patriarchs · Nephilim · Enoch · Adam · Eve · Japheth · creation · fall
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
dated · antiquated · anachronistic · superannuated · fossilized · bygone · prehistoric · moth-eaten
From earliest times
- primordialExisting from the start
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- hoaryAged and gray
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
time-worn · aged · ancestral · immemorial · old · earliest · dawn of time · eons
Noah
Biblical vessel builder
Methuselah · patriarchs · Nephilim · Enoch · Adam · Eve · Japheth · creation · fall · serpent
outdated
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
archaic · dated · antiquated · anachronistic · superannuated · fossilized · bygone · prehistoric · moth-eaten · fusty
primeval
From earliest times
- primordialExisting from the start
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- hoaryAged and gray
venerable · time-worn · aged · ancestral · immemorial · old · earliest · dawn of time · eons · millennia
- ancient timesancient, primeval, primitive, primordial, archaic
- "ante-" wordsanteroom, antechamber, antebellum, antecedent, antepartum
- Book of EnochEnoch, fallen angels, Nephilim, giants, Son of Man
- creation geologycreation science, catastrophism, young earth, Mount Ararat, creation myth
- Pseudohistoryancient astronauts, lost civilizations, fringe theories, alternative history, ancient mysteries
antediluvianmodern
Of recent times
contemporary · recent · current · present-day · new
antediluvianprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
forward-thinking · avant-garde · radical · innovative · groundbreaking