Ancient
Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Usage example: Rome's ancient ruins remain carefully preserved even in the midst of the bustle of the modern city
Tried and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tried" instead an adjective "Ancient".
Nearby Word: anciently
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- So instead of listing ancient things he's seen and experienced, he briefly lists off the ways people have tried to kill him.
Source: Exposition of Immortality - Before that, we had the Thousand Year Door, where power hungry Sir Grodus tried to unearth an ancient power.
Source: Dragon with an Agenda - Thousands of years before the comic starts, an ancient civilization tried to create the ultimate weapon.
Source: Apocalypse How / Class 2
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Tried and Ancient. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancient/tried
Ancient & Tried. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancient/tried>.
Tried or Ancient. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancient/tried.
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