Synonyms for antiquity
ænˈtɪk wɪ tian·tiq·ui·ty

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1. antiquitynoun

   the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

   Synonyms:
   ancientness

2. ancientness, antiquitynoun

   extreme oldness

   Synonyms:
   ancientness

3. antiquitynoun

   an artifact surviving from the past

   Synonyms:
   ancientness

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Historic Period
   • Oldness

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1. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   old times, the olden time, ancient times, days of yore, AULD LANG SYNE

2. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   ancients, people of old times

3. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   ancientness, great age

4. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   [pl.] relics of old times

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1. antiquitynoun

   Associated words:
   archæology, paleography, paleology, paleontology

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1. List of paraphrases for "antiquity":

   antique, seniority, ancient

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How to use antiquity in a sentence?

1. Joseph Addison:

   It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

2. Brent Seales:

   The library at Herculaneum was the only library that survived from antiquity and because of that the material inside is extremely valuable, texts from the ancient world are rare and precious, and they simply cannot be revealed through any other known process.

3. Kobi Sharvit:

   The discovery of such a large hoard of coins that had such tremendous economic power in antiquity raises several possibilities regarding its presence on the seabed, there is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.

4. Prince Sultan:

   National heritage wasn't an easy trip, to get people to reflect and go back, especially the antiquities. All the discussions that were about antiquity — this is not Islamic, this is Islamic — this is I think behind us now.

5. Frederick Bastiat:

   It must be admitted that the tendency of the human race toward liberty is largely thwarted, especially in France. This is greatly due to a fatal desire -- learned from the teachings of antiquity -- that our writers on public affairs have in common: They desire to set themselves above mankind in order to arrange, organize, and regulate it according to their fancy.