Antonyms of adj prehistoric

2 of 3 senses of prehistoric

Sense 1
prehistoric, prehistorical -- (belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples")

INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present -- (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations")
INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future -- (yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him")

Sense 3
prehistoric -- (no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes")

INDIRECT (VIA unfashionable) -> fashionable, stylish -- (being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe")

Similarity of adj prehistoric

3 senses of prehistoric

Sense 1
prehistoric, prehistorical -- (belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples")
       => past (vs. present) (vs. future) -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year")

Sense 2
prehistoric -- (of or relating to times before written history; "prehistoric archeology")

Sense 3
prehistoric -- (no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes")
       => unfashionable (vs. fashionable), unstylish -- (not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind")

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