antique

¹an·tique

adj \(ˌ)an-ˈtēk, in verse often ˈan-tik\

Definition of ANTIQUE

1

: existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient <antique trade routes to India>

2

a : being in the style or fashion of former times <antique manners and graces> b : made in or representative of the work of an earlier period <antique mirrors>; also : being an antique

3

: selling or exhibiting antiques <an antique show>

Examples of ANTIQUE

1. That car is an antique.
2. <their house is filled with rare antiques, including a collection of 19th-century African masks>

Origin of ANTIQUE

Middle French, from Latin antiquus, from ante before — more at ante-

First Known Use: 1527

Related to ANTIQUE

Synonyms: aged, age-old, antediluvian, ancient, dateless, hoar, hoary, immemorial, old, venerable

Antonyms: modern, new, recent

Related Words: aging (or ageing), mature; antiquated, archaic, archaistic, dated, fusty, geriatric, medieval (also mediaeval), moldy, Noachian, obsolete, outmoded, out-of-date, passé; old-fashioned, old-time, old-world, retro, vintage; durable, enduring, lasting, long-lived, permanent; ageless, hallowed, time-honored, timeless, time-tested, timeworn, traditional, tried, tried-and-true; classic, classical; prehistoric (also prehistorical), primeval, primordial

Near Antonyms: fresh, vernal, young, youthful; contemporary, current, latest, mod, novel, present-day, ultramodern; untested, untried; brand-new, unused, unworn

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Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato

Rhymes with ANTIQUE

apeak, batik, Belleek, bespeak, bezique, blue streak, boutique, cacique, Cloud Peak, critique, debeak, forepeak, forespeak, Grays Peak, grosbeak, hairstreak, halfbeak, houseleek, Late Greek, midweek, misspeak, muzhik, mystique, newspeak, nonpeak, oblique, off-peak, outspeak, perique, physique, pip-squeak, pratique, technic, technique, Tajik, unique, unspeak, workweek