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Synonyms and Antonyms of relic

1 a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
  • a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals
Synonyms of relic

echo, ghost, shadow, trace, vestige
Words Related to relic

memento, remembrance, reminder

artifact

afterimage, aftertaste

balance, corpse, hangover, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap

dreg(s), leavings, remain(s), residual, residue, rest
2 something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period
  • in my grandparents' attic are many "groovy" relics from the 1960s
Synonyms of relic

antique, museum piece
Words Related to relic

artifact, fossil

dinosaur

antiquities, ruins

hangover, remains, remnant, trace, vestige
3 one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
  • his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era
Synonyms of relic

dinosaur, has-been
Words Related to relic

dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, old-timer

fuddy-duddy, mossback, stick-in-the-mud, stodge [British], troglodyte

throwback
Near Antonyms of relic

comer, rising star, up-and-comer
4 relics plural a dead body
  • though it is believed that missionary died in New Guinea, his relics have never been found
Synonyms of relic

bones, cadaver, carcass, corpse, corpus, corse [archaic], remains, stiff
Words Related to relic

mummy

carnage, carrion

ashes

deceased, decedent

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