Overview of noun ancient

The noun ancient has 2 senses

• ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)


• ancient -- (a person who lived in ancient times)

Overview of adj ancient

The adj ancient has 2 senses

• ancient -- (belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece")


• ancient -- (very old; "an ancient mariner")