Ancient and Sprout

Ancient

Ancient noun - A person of advanced years.

Sprout is an antonym for ancient.

Nearby Word: anciently

Sprout

Sprout noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Usage example: he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot

Ancient is an antonym for sprout.

Nearby Words: sprouting, sprouted, sprouter

Both words in one sentence

  • In Viido Polikarpus and Tappan King's Down Town, after the mystical sapient tree Taara is reduced to ashes in a Heroic Sacrifice, a tiny green shoot remains to communicate with Zenovac in Down Town, and a similar sprout appears at the ancient oak's stump in New York's Central Park.
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