Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ancients

1 sense of ancients

Sense 1
ancients -- (people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe))
       => people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ancient

2 senses of ancient

Sense 1
ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)
       => oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager -- (an elderly person)

Sense 2
ancient -- (a person who lived in ancient times)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")