'Prehistoric' definitions:
Definition of 'prehistoric'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples" [syn: prehistoric, prehistorical]
adjective
Of or relating to times before written history; "prehistoric archeology"
adjective
No longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"
Definition of 'Prehistoric'
From: GCIDE
- Prehistoric \Pre`his*tor"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prehistoric'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboriginal,
- ancestral,
- ancient,
- antediluvian,
- antepatriarchal,
- antiquated,
- atavistic,
- autochthonous,
- earliest,
- early,
- erstwhile,
- fore,
- former,
- fossil,
- humanoid,
- immemorial,
- late,
- old,
- old-fashioned,
- olden,
- once,
- onetime,
- passe,
- past,
- patriarchal,
- preadamite,
- preglacial,
- prehuman,
- previous,
- primal,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primoprimitive,
- primordial,
- prior,
- pristine,
- protohistoric,
- protohuman,
- quondam,
- recent,
- sometime,
- then