Wondering how to use Antediluvian in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as oldster or ancient.
Antediluvian in a sentence
Antediluvian meaning
- Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
- Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
- Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
Synonyms of Antediluvian
Antediluvian vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Antediluvian
- The main meaning on this page is: Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies. | Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric. | Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
- Useful related words include: antediluvial, senior citizen, old person, oldster.
- Possible Dutch translations are: antiek, prehistorisch.
Context around Antediluvian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antediluvian
- In this selection, "antediluvian" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reactionary, flood, surviving, times, article and bond stand out and add context to how "antediluvian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include debated are antediluvian and is so antediluvian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antediluvian" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antediluvian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The whole application process is so antediluvian. (7 words)
It represents the most reactionary, antediluvian aspects of the faith. (10 words)
The terms in which this is all debated are antediluvian. (10 words)
We also get as much as we’re permitted, for the duration, of No Time to Die, notably the scene, included in the trailer, in which the antediluvian Bond is surprised to find that a woman, “Nomi” (Lashana Lynch), has been an 00 agent for two years. (47 words)
Today, in our era of figuration and socially conscious painting, Stella’s 60-year devotion to abstract art might sound academic or even antediluvian. (24 words)
This one was designed to repeal an antediluvian article in the 1937 constitution that enshrines women’s work in the home. (21 words)
Example sentences (9)
I remember in antediluvian times, Walmart used AIX and applications on that, but that is ancient history.
This one was designed to repeal an antediluvian article in the 1937 constitution that enshrines women’s work in the home.
Today, in our era of figuration and socially conscious painting, Stella’s 60-year devotion to abstract art might sound academic or even antediluvian.
The whole application process is so antediluvian.
We also get as much as we’re permitted, for the duration, of No Time to Die, notably the scene, included in the trailer, in which the antediluvian Bond is surprised to find that a woman, “Nomi” (Lashana Lynch), has been an 00 agent for two years.
It represents the most reactionary, antediluvian aspects of the faith.
The terms in which this is all debated are antediluvian.
Noah was the tenth of the pre-flood ( antediluvian ) Patriarchs.
Their technology advanced far beyond that of human scientists because they adapted and improved upon surviving antediluvian Atlantean technology.