antediluvian meaning and definition

ANTEDILUVIAN noun

Definition of antediluvian (noun)

1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
   • synonyms: antediluvian patriarch
2. a very old person
   • synonyms: ancient

ANTEDILUVIAN adjective

Definition of antediluvian (adjective)

1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
   • "antediluvian man"
   • synonyms: antediluvial
2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
   • "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
   • synonyms: antiquated, archaic