Words Like ARCHAIC

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ARCHAIC.

3 Alternative Words Similar to archaic

1 Primitive Adjective      Synonym Words Like Primitive
2 Early Adjective      Similar Words Like Early
3 Old Adjective      Similar Words Like Old

4 examples of archaic

1 the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
2 primitive mammals
3 antediluvian ideas
4 archaic laws

10 definitions of archaic

1 Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
2 little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
3 so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
4 Of, relating to, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization: an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece.
5 No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws. See Synonyms at old.
6 Of, relating to, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
7 Marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; characterized by archaism; primitive; old-fashioned; antiquated: as, an archaic word or phrase.
8 A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
9 (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
10 Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
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