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old as time

old as time adjective: that has been around forever.

Adjective

old as time (not comparable)

  1. (simile) That has been around forever.
    • Near-synonyms: old as the hills, age-old, as old as time itself, old as time itself

Synonyms of old as time

Words formed from old as time

Questions about old as time

What does old as time mean?
Old as time means that has been around forever.
What part of speech is old as time?
Old as time is an adjective.

Words near old as time in the dictionary

  1. Old Armenian
  2. old army game
  3. old as Adam
  4. old as the hills
  5. old as the Pyramids
  6. old as time
  7. old as time itself
  8. Old Babylonian
  9. old bachelor
  10. old bachelors
  11. old bag

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