Synonyms for antique
ænˈtikan·tique

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1. antique

   Antique refers to an ancient, antiquated to a discarded style. Antique is that which is either ancient in fact or ancient in style. The reference is to the style rather than to the age. We can speak of the antique architecture of a church just built. The difference between antiquated and antique is not in the age, for a Puritan style may be scorned as antiquated, while a Roman or Renaissance style may be prized as antique. The antiquated is not so much out of date as out of vogue. Old-fashioned may be used approvingly or contemptuously. In the latter case it becomes a synonym for antiquated; in the good sense it approaches the meaning of antique, but indicates less duration. We call a wide New England fireplace old-fashioned; a coin of the Cæsars, antique. Quaint combines the idea of age with a pleasing oddity; as, a quaint gambrel-roofed house. Antiquated is sometimes used of persons in a sense akin to superannuated. The antiquated person is out of style and out of sympathy with the present generation by reason of age; the superannuated person is incapacitated for present activities by reason of age. Compare OLD.

   Synonyms:
   ancient, antiquated, old-fashioned, quaint, superannuated

   Antonyms:
   fashionable, fresh, modern, modish, new, recent, stylish

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. antique

   Synonyms:
   archaic, ancient, ancestral

   Antonyms:
   modern, recent, new-fangled

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antiquenoun

   an elderly man

   Synonyms:
   stager, honcho, gaffer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, chief, foreman, warhorse, old geezer, boss, old-timer, veteran

   Antonyms:
   new, fashionable, stylish

2. antiqueadjective

   any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity

   Synonyms:
   gaffer, oldtimer, old geezer, old-timer

   Antonyms:
   stylish, new, fashionable

3. antiqueadjective

   made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age

   "the beautiful antique French furniture"

   Synonyms:
   outmoded, passe, old-hat(p), passee, ex, age-old, demode, old-fashioned

   Antonyms:
   new, stylish, fashionable

4. antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passeeadjective

   out of fashion

   "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

   Antonyms:
   stylish, new, fashionable

5. age-old, antiqueverb

   belonging to or lasting from times long ago

   "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"

   Synonyms:
   outmoded, passe, old-hat(p), passee, demode, ex, age-old, old-fashioned

   Antonyms:
   new, stylish, fashionable

6. antiqueverb

   shop for antiques

   "We went antiquing on Saturday"

   Synonyms:
   antiquate

   Antonyms:
   new, stylish, fashionable

7. antique, antiquateverb

   give an antique appearance to

   "antique furniture"

   Synonyms:
   antiquate

   Antonyms:
   stylish, fashionable, new

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1. antiqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   old, ancient, ANTIQUATED

2. antiquenoun

   Synonyms:
   ancient rarity, piece of ancient art

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1. antiqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   archaic, old, antiquated, ancient

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1. List of paraphrases for "antique":

   ancient, antiquity, old, archaic, former

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1. John Cruden:

   Each illegally traded horn or tusk represents not an antique object but a dead animal. Wildlife trafficking entails poaching, bribery, smuggling and organized crime.

2. Scott Defrin:

   They've basically ruined the collective antique trade, is this really something that will stop poor African people from killing elephants?

3. Mary Carmack-Altwies:

   It was a legit gun, it was an antique, era-appropriate gun.

4. Gavin Newsom:

   Democracy is not a football. You don't throw it around, it's more like a, I don't know, antique vase. You can drop it and smash it in a million different pieces.

5. Sandeep Khandelwal:

   Simplicity is the end, and not the beginning, of design, we developed clean and uncluttered interiors, weaving in ancient metal jaalis screens, antique brass embossing, block printed fabrics and hand-picked artifacts.