Ancient and Oldish

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Ancient adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

Usage example: used to think that age 40 was ancient until I turned 40 myself

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Oldish and ancient are semantically related In some cases you can use "Oldish" instead an adjective "Ancient".

Nearby Word: anciently

Oldish adjective - Somewhat elderly.

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Ancient and oldish are semantically related in advanced in age topic. You can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Oldish".

Nearby Word: old

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