antediluvians
Those before Noah
Antediluvians are people or things from before the biblical flood—Noah's flood, which supposedly wiped out early humanity.
The word now mostly appears as a playful or disparaging term for extremely old-fashioned people or ideas: Those antediluvians on the board still think the internet is a fad.
The adjective form is antediluvian.
Biblical vessel builder
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- patriarchsMale ancestral leaders
Methuselah · Enoch · nephilim · scripture · longevity · wickedness · corruption · judgment
Longtime participants or members
- ancientsPeople of antiquity
- eldersSenior community members
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- seniorsOldest in a group
fossils · relics · traditionalists · old guard · predecessors · forebears · patriarchs · centenarians
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- fuddy-duddiesConservative, outdated persons
- reactionariesThose opposing progressive change
conservatives · Luddites · traditionalists · old school · throwbacks · holdouts · backward · obsolete
Noah
Biblical vessel builder
patriarchs · Methuselah · Enoch · nephilim · scripture · longevity · wickedness · corruption · judgment · covenant
old-timers
Longtime participants or members
seniors · fossils · relics · traditionalists · old guard · predecessors · forebears · patriarchs · centenarians · grandparents
dinosaurs
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- fuddy-duddiesConservative, outdated persons
reactionaries · conservatives · Luddites · traditionalists · old school · throwbacks · holdouts · backward · obsolete · outmoded
antediluviansmoderns
Contemporary people
contemporaries · posterity · future generations · descendants · millennials
antediluviansmodernists
Advocates of contemporary approaches
progressives · futurists · innovators · forward-thinkers · trendsetters