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venerable - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: venerable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: respected
Synonyms: admirable, aged, august, dignified, estimable, experienced, grand, grave, honorable, honored, imposing, noble, philosophical, reverend, sacred, sage, sedate, serious, stately, wise, worshipful, esteemed, matriarchal, patriarchal, revered, reverenced, venerated, worshipped
Antonyms: unrespected
Main Entry: aged
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: old
Synonyms: ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, elderly, gray, moth-eaten*, passé*, rusty*, senior citizen, shot*, timeworn, venerable, worn, age-old, been around, creaky, getting on, oldie, over the hill, senescent, worse for wear
Antonyms: new, unripe, young, youthful
Main Entry: ancient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: old, often very old
Synonyms: aged, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, early, elderly, fossil*, hoary, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, relic, remote, rusty, superannuated, timeworn, venerable, age-old, back number, been around, creaky, few miles on, lot of mileage, old goat, oldie, worse for wear
Antonyms: modern, new, young
Main Entry: antediluvian
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: out-of-date; prehistoric
Synonyms: ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, passé, primeval, primitive, primordial, timeworn, venerable, age-old
Antonyms: modern, new, up-to-date, young
Main Entry: antiquarian
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: old, ancient
Synonyms: aged, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, primitive, timeworn, venerable
Antonyms: modern, new, young
Main Entry: august
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dignified, noble
Synonyms: baronial, brilliant, eminent, exalted, glorious, grand, grandiose, high-minded, high-ranking, highfalutin', honorable, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, pompous, regal, resplendent, stately, superb, venerable
Antonyms: undignified
Main Entry: distinguished
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: famous, outstanding
Synonyms: acclaimed, aristocratic, big name*, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, dignified, eminent, especial, extraordinary, famed, foremost, glorious, great, honored, illustrious, imposing, marked, memorable, name, noble, nonpareil, notable, noted, noteworthy, peerless, prominent, remarkable, renowned, reputable, royal, salient, shining, signal, singular, special, stately, striking, superior, unforgettable, venerable, well-known, arresting, distingué, esteemed, highly regarded, talked of
Antonyms: common, insignificant, ordinary, standard, unknown, unextraordinary
Main Entry: elderly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: in old age
Synonyms: aged, aging, ancient, gray*, hoary, old, retired, tired, venerable, been around, declining, long in tooth, lot of mileage, no spring chicken, olden, on last leg, over the hill
Antonyms: young, youth
Main Entry: estimable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honorable, worthy
Synonyms: admirable, appreciable, august, big name*, big time*, commendable, decent, deserving, excellent, good, high-powered, honored, laudable, major league, name, noble, praiseworthy, reputable, reputed, respectable, respected, sterling, valuable, valued, venerable, admired, esteemed, in limelight, meretorious, meritable, palmary, praisable, well-thought-of
Antonyms: bad, dishonorable, inestimable, insignificant, poor, unworthy
Main Entry: holy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: religious, sacred
Synonyms: angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, moral, perfect, pious, pure, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, undefiled, unworldly, upright, venerable, virtuous, glorified, messianic, pietistic, prayerful, revered, sainted, saintlike, uncorrupt, untainted, venerated
Notes: holey means having holes; holy means sacred or belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; wholly means totally, completely, or entirely
Antonyms: depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, vile, wicked, unsacred
Main Entry: oracular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: prophetic
Synonyms: ambiguous, apocalyptic, arcane, auspicious, authoritative, cabalistic, clairvoyant, cryptic, dogmatic, foreboding, imperious, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, ominous, peremptory, portentous, positive, prescient, sage, secret, significant, vague, venerable, wise, Delphian, anticipating, auguring, discovering, divining, divulging, fatidic, forecasting, foretelling, interpretive, mantic, portending, predicting, presaging, proclaiming, prognosticating, prophesying, sibylline, soothsaying, vatic
Main Entry: vintage
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: superior
Synonyms: best, choice, classic, classical, excellent, mature, old, prime, rare, ripe, select, selected, venerable
Antonyms: inferior, minor, unimportant
Main Entry: hoary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ancient
Synonyms: aged, antiquated, antique, elderly, old, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, relic, rusty, timeworn, venerable, age-old, lot of mileage, oldie, very old
Main Entry: old
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: advanced in age
Synonyms: aged, along in years, ancient, broken down, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil*, geriatric, getting on, gray, gray-haired, grizzled*, hoary*, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, over the hill, past one's prime, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted*
Antonyms: fresh, new, young, youthful
Main Entry: respectable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: good, honest
Synonyms: admirable, appropriate, august, becoming, befitting, comely, conforming, correct, creditable, decent, decorous, dignified, done, estimable, fair, honorable, mediocre, moderate, modest, nice, ordinary, passable, presentable, proper, redoubtable, reputable, reputed, respected, satisfactory, seemly, sublime, suitable, tolerable, upright, venerable, virtuous, worthy, redoubted, well-thought-of
Antonyms: bad, corrupt, dishonest, dishonorable, unworthy, unrespectable
Main Entry: sacred
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: holy, blessed
Synonyms: angelic, consecrated, divine, godly, hallowed, pious, pure, religious, saintly, sanctified, solemn, spiritual, venerable, cherished, enshrined, numinous, revered, sacramental, unprofane
Antonyms: irreligious, lay, profane, ungodly, unholy, unsacred
Main Entry: time-honored
Part of Speech: adjective1
Definition: revered
Synonyms: eminent, estimable, honorable, honored, noble, respected, venerable
Main Entry: considerable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important
Synonyms: big, consequential, distinguished, dynamite, essential, fat, influential, material, meaningful, momentous, noteworthy, renowned, significant, something, substantial, super, unreal*, venerable, weighty, doozie, fab, mondo, solid gold, something else, super-duper, to the max
Antonyms: insignificant, unimportant, unnoteworthy, unnoticeable
Main Entry: old
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: obsolete, outdated
Synonyms: aboriginal, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, crumbling, dated, decayed, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten*, old-fashioned, old-time, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out, age-old, cast-off, demode, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, time-worn
Antonyms: contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date
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