Ancient and Ongoing

Ancient

Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.

Ongoing is an antonym for ancient.

Nearby Word: anciently

Ongoing

Ongoing adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: the ongoing presidential campaign

Ancient is an antonym for ongoing.

Both words in one sentence

  • Cosmic Horror Story Invading aliens, Kaiju, ancient civilizations that worship unearthly beings, and humanity just barely able to survive any of the ongoing mayhem.
  • Decomposite Character In the ongoing IDW continuity, Galvatron is an ancient Transformer who left Cybertron long before the miner from Tarn named Megatron began his uprising.
  • Rune Breaker is the ongoing tale of a ex-slave unwillingly given control of an ancient, evil wizard.
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