antediluvian
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
Types & categories
- patriarch hypernym
Related & opposite
- antediluvian derivation
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
antediluvian man
Related & opposite
- antediluvian derivation
- diluvian pertains to
Sense 3 noun
a very old person
Types & categories
- oldster hypernym
Related & opposite
- ancient derivation
Sense 4 adjective
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
Related & opposite
- old similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antediluvian |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | patriarch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antediluvian |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | diluvian |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancient |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | oldster |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | old |