Synonyms of fossils

fossils

noun

plural of fossil

as in conservatives

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

• conservatives
• veterans
• antediluvians
• stuffed shirts
• mossbacks
• fogies
• reactionaries
• fuds
• stick-in-the-muds
• fuddy-duddies
• rightists
• dodoes
• Tories
• old hands
• old maids
• mandarins
• old-timers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderns
• radicals
• liberals
• hipsters
• progressives
• trendies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fossils

The Mokattam Formation in northern Egypt is a thick layer of limestone that has preserved prehistoric marine fossils, including fish, sharks and early whales. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Attendees can touch fossils, explore the park‘s trees and make art, all while listening to music and eating from local food trucks. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

These fossils preserve records of soft tissues and fine details normally lost. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

And the museum isn’t just giving viewers a glimpse at the fossils themselves. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Pursuing her ongoing search for visual harmony, Ransom looked to ammonite fossils and the effects of water on their surfaces, using sapphires to mimic droplets. — Virginia Corneli, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Dental thermometry Paleontologists have long argued about dinosaur physiology based on indirect evidence like bone microstructure, growth rates, and where fossils turn up on the map. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026

More than 600 species of fossils from the Miocene era have been identified at the park, including Chesapectens, Ecphora, shark teeth, and Miocene-era oyster shells. — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026

The United States has repatriated a total of 58 cultural relics, artworks, and fossils to China. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026