ancient
1. [ adjective ] very old
Examples:

"an ancient mariner"

Related terms: old
2. [ adjective ] (antiquity) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Examples:

"ancient history" "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians" "ancient Greece"

Related terms: past
3. [ adjective ] belonging to or lasting from times long ago
Synonyms: age-old antique
Examples:

"age-old customs" "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"

Related terms: old
Similar spelling:   ancients
  anciently
  Ankeny
  angina
  anginal
  anginous
  anginose