- 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"
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
- ancient - very old; "an ancient mariner"
Antonyms: young, immature (indirect, via old)