Antediluvian and Recent

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Antediluvian adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.

Usage example: found evidence in the Middle East of an antediluvian people previously unknown to history

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Recent is an antonym for antediluvian in out-of-date topic.

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.

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Antediluvian is an antonym for recent.

Nearby Words: recently, recency

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Recent and Antediluvian. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/antediluvian/recent

Antediluvian & Recent. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/antediluvian/recent>.

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