Old and Relic

Old

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

Relic and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Relic" instead an adjective "Old". obsolete substitute

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Relic

Relic noun - A tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished.
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Synonyms for Relic

Old and relic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Relic".

Nearby Word: relict

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Max Payne Max laments the hotel as a "sad old thing", a kitschy relic from the seventies which the gangsters never bother to maintain.
  • Video Game / Back To The Future: The Game Biff gets conked out by a rotating roulette table, a relic from his father's old speakeasy.Marty: Place your bets!
  • Film / GoldenEye Old Soldier: Bond, which is part of M's verbal beatdown of him when she refers to him as "A relic of the Cold War".
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