“antique”

Definitions

• adjective

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

  Synonyms: gothic, methuselah, victorian, abandoned, abiding, abjured, aged, ageless, ago, ancestral, ancient, antediluvian

  • Example:“the beautiful antique French furniture”

• adjective

  out of fashion

  Synonyms: demode, ex, outmoded, passe, passee

  • Example:“a suit of rather antique appearance”
  • Example:“demode (or outmoded) attire”

• adjective

  belonging to or lasting from times long ago

  • Example:“age-old customs”
  • Example:“the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness”

• noun

  an elderly man

  Synonyms: oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer

• noun

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

• verb

  shop for antiques

  • Example:“We went antiquing on Saturday.”