old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length …

In informal use, something that happened long ago and that is not important any more is ancient history. Our relationship is ancient history. Forget about the problems we've had in the past. …

ANCIENTS definition: 1. people who lived in ancient times, especially the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans: 2…. Learn more.

The ancients are the people of an old civilization, especially classical Greece or Rome. The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens.

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the …

Of, relating to, or belonging to times long past, especially before the fall of the Western Roman Empire : ancient cultures. See Synonyms at old.

4 days ago · /ˈeɪntʃɪnts/ /ˈeɪntʃənts/ IPA guide Definitions of ancients noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in …