Synonyms of fossil

fossil

noun

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas

some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conservative
• veteran
• fogy
• mossback
• stuffed shirt
• antediluvian
• dodo
• Colonel Blimp
• reactionary
• fud
• stick-in-the-mud
• Tory
• fuddy-duddy
• rightist
• mandarin
• old hand
• old maid
• old-timer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• trendy
• hipster
• liberal
• progressive
• radical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fossil

The fossil itself had actually been discovered years earlier by an amateur collector, who donated it to the Field Museum. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

The outcome of the case could impact scores of similar lawsuits brought by states and localities against fossil-fuel producers alleging violations of state law. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Along with So, Kohlberg and Sefcovic are all part of a lab group run by Arjan Mann, the Field’s assistant curator of fossil fishes and early tetrapods in the Negaunee Integrative Research Center. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

Oceanside is withholding the exact location where the fossils were found due to public safety concerns and to preserve the site’s integrity. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026