ancient: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of ancient
adj
Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
Example: an ancient city
Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
Example: an ancient author
Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- obsolete
Experienced; versed.
Listed forms: ancienter, ancientest, ancientmost, anchient, aunchient, auncient, auntient, awncient.
Source: Wiktionary — ancient.
noun
A person who is very old.
A person who lived in ancient times.
- UK
One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
- obsolete
A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
Listed forms: ancients, anchient, aunchient, auncient, auntient, awncient, awntient, ancyent.
Source: Wiktionary — ancient.
noun
- archaic
A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
- obsolete, rare
The bearer of a flag; ensign.
Listed forms: ancients.
Source: Wiktionary — ancient.
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Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a very old person
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ancient in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ancient
A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + I(1) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ancient
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from ancient
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