adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Neolithic
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UK: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
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UK: /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
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US: nēōlĭthīk
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US: /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of Neolithic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adj
Meaning 3
hopelessly outdated
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?
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name
Meaning 4
The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonyms: Stone Age < prehistory
- Meronyms: Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: New Stone Age
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person who lived during the New Stone Age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- evidence of neolithic settlements
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Neolithic Age, New Stone Age
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
Etymology
From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: неаліты́чны (njealitýčny) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Catalan: neolític — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Chinese Mandarin: 新石器時代的 /新石器时代的 (Xīnshíqì Shídài de) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Czech: neolitický — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Danish: yngre stenalder — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Finnish: neoliittinen — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- French: néolithique — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Galician: neolítico — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- German: jungsteinzeitlich — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- German: neolithisch — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Greek: νεολιθικός (neolithikós) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Hindi: नवपाषाण (navpāṣāṇ) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Irish: Neoiliteach — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Italian: neolitico — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Japanese: 新石器時代 (Shinsekki Jidai) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Korean: 신석기 시대 (Sinseokgi sidae) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Korean: 신석기 (Sinseokgi) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Latin: neolithicus — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Latvian: neolīts — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Maltese: neolitiku — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Maltese: neolitiċi — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Norwegian Bokmål: neolittisk — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Norwegian Nynorsk: neolittisk — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Polish: neolityczny — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Portuguese: neolítico — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Russian: неолити́ческий (neolitíčeskij) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Spanish: neolítico — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Turkish: neolitik — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Ukrainian: неоліти́чний (neolitýčnyj) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Ukrainian: новокам'яни́й (novokamʺjanýj) — of or relating to the New Stone Age
- Bulgarian: първобитен (pǎrvobiten) — hopelessly outdated
- Finnish: kivikautinen — hopelessly outdated
- French: néolithique — hopelessly outdated
- German: steinzeitlich — hopelessly outdated
- German: uralt — hopelessly outdated
- German: vorsintflutlich — hopelessly outdated
- German: neolithisch — hopelessly outdated
- Korean: 고물 (gomul) — hopelessly outdated
- Persian: نوسنگی (no-sangi) — hopelessly outdated
- Russian: неолити́ческий (neolitíčeskij) — hopelessly outdated
- Russian: неоли́товый (neolítovyj) — hopelessly outdated
- Asturian: neolíticu — the New Stone Age
- Bulgarian: новокаменна епоха (novokamenna epoha) — the New Stone Age
- Catalan: neolític — the New Stone Age
- Chinese Mandarin: 新石器時代 /新石器时代 (Xīnshíqì Shídài) — the New Stone Age
- Crimean Tatar: neolit — the New Stone Age
- Czech: neolit — the New Stone Age
- Dutch: neolithicum — the New Stone Age
- Estonian: neoliitikum — the New Stone Age
- Finnish: neoliittinen kausi — the New Stone Age
- Finnish: nuorempi kivikausi — the New Stone Age
- French: néolithique — the New Stone Age
- French: Néolithique — the New Stone Age
- French: Néolithique — the New Stone Age
- Galician: neolítico — the New Stone Age
- German: Jungsteinzeit — the New Stone Age
- German: Neolithikum — the New Stone Age
- Greek: Νεολιθική (Neolithikí) — the New Stone Age
- Hindi: नवपाषाण युग (navpāṣāṇ yug) — the New Stone Age
- Interlingua: Neolitic — the New Stone Age
- Irish: an Nua-Chlochaois — the New Stone Age
- Irish: An Tréimhse Neoiliteach — the New Stone Age
- Italian: neolitico — the New Stone Age
- Korean: 신석기 시대 (Sinseokgi sidae) — the New Stone Age
- Maltese: neolitiku — the New Stone Age
- Polish: neolit — the New Stone Age
- Portuguese: neolítico — the New Stone Age
- Russian: неоли́т (neolít) — the New Stone Age
- Scottish Gaelic: Linn Ùr na Cloiche — the New Stone Age
- Sicilian: neoliticu — the New Stone Age
- Slovene: mlajša kamena doba — the New Stone Age
- Spanish: neolítico — the New Stone Age
- Swedish: neolitisk tid — the New Stone Age
- Swedish: bondestenålder — the New Stone Age
- Swedish: yngre stenålder — the New Stone Age
- Swedish: neolitikum — the New Stone Age
- Thai: ยุคหินใหม่ (yóok hĭn mài) — the New Stone Age
- Turkish: Neolitik Çağ — the New Stone Age
- Vietnamese: thời đại đồ đá mới — the New Stone Age
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