Antique

Definition: Antique

Antique

Adjective

1. Made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the an "beautiful antique French furniture".

2. Out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas".

3. Belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness".

Noun

1. An elderly man.

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

Verb

1. Shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday".

2. Give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "antique" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Fine Arts

Personal Care & Hotels

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Antique

Oldness

Adjective: old, ancient, antique; of long standing, time-honored, venerable; elder, eldest; firstborn.

Crosswords: Antique

French (age-old, ancient, antique, vintage).

Yeah, that's my genuine antique desk (M*A*S*H; writing credit: Larry Gelbart)

It's an antique that's what it is (Phoenix Nights; writing credit: Neil Fitzmaurice; Peter Kay)

Antique Antics (1933)

The Antique Shop (1931)

A Pair of Antique Vases (1911)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Antique Maps (reference)

• Antique Tool Collectors Guide to Value (reference)

• Antique Tractor Bible (reference)

• Collectors Guide to Antique Radios: Identification and Values (Collector's Guide to Antique Radios, 5th Ed) (reference)

• Fake, Fraud, or Genuine?: Identifying Authentic American Antique Furniture (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Antique Almanac-the New York (reference)

• Antique Automobile (reference)

• Antique Bottle And Glass Collector (reference)

• Antique Car Times (reference)

• Antique Doll Collector (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Gray, TN - Antique Tractor Show Classics, Vol. 4 (reference)

• Tulare, CA - Antique Tractor Show Classics, Vol. 2 (reference)

• Vista, CA - Antique Tractor Show Classics, Vol. 3 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Antique Brasses (reference)

• Antique Christmas (reference)

• Antique Dreams (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• MALDEN DESIGNS 4802-46 4"x6" VICTORIA PICTURE FRAME - ANTIQUE GOLD (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Antique Ruby Goblets - 10-1/2 oz. (6-pc.) (reference)

• Mikasa Antique White 5-Piece China Placesetting (reference)

• Quoizel Dominion Amber Antique Glass Table Lamp, 23.75" (reference)

• Amerock BP76245-OB Antique Brass Pull with Oak Insert (reference)

• Amerock BP776-AE Antique English Carriage House Knob (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Antique embossing equipment used to certify federal land patents. Credit: Cathy Rodine.

An old antique store with a route 66 sign in Arizona. Credit: Unknown.

Acrylic painting of three Redheads flying low over water in late afternoon by Arthur G. Anderson, North 5995 CTH O.T., Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650. A freelance artist and collector of antique cars. In addition to waterfowl, Anderson likes to paint bald eagles, white-tailed deer, and other species inhabiting the area near his home. *first time a sleeve was used instead of a plate. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

An antique vase. Credit: Library of Congress.

You can have it for a hundred guineas. That's the price; it's an antique and I should charge more, but the treatment is a little free. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--invt--& fect. Credit: Library of Congress.

An Antique candlestick at Mt. Vernon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dummy in yard of antique shop, near Concord, New Hampshire. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mansion on main street used by antique dealer, Rockland, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress.

Facade of the Diamond antique store, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In Islington you can hardly hurl a brick without hitting three antique shops, an estate agent and a bookshop

And never had Hester Prynne appeared more ladylike, in the antique interpretation of the term, than as she issued from the prison

He was dressed, according to his custom, (r)en incroyable, and resembled an antique portrait of Garat

It is an antique style, older than Greek or Egyptian

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Papery fabric, metallic fabrics, coated fabrics, waxed fabrics, crushed and heat mercerized fabrics; stretch knits; stretch and coated denim; threads trapped between double layers of fabric; cotton voiles; dry open weaves; machine-made fabrics which emulate antique garments. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

There are no export controls other than on the following four categories of exports: coral chunk and shells; wood and articles of wood; ivory; and antiques over 50 years old, including antique motor vehicles. (references)

Jamaica

These include ammunition, crocodiles, crocodile eggs, eggs, antique furniture, gold bullion and fully or semi-manufactured gold, minerals and metals including bauxite, alumina, gypsum, antique paintings, pimento, sugar, plasma, lignum vitae and log wood, petroleum products, motor vehicles (including bodies and auto parts) as well as live animals and shells subject to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) administered by National Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) in Jamaica. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "antique": antique collector ♦ antique dealer ♦ antique shop ♦ antique trade ♦ antique value ♦ moire antique ♦ oriental verd antique ♦ verd antique ♦ verde antique. Additional references.

Beginning with "antique": antique-dealer, antique-dealers, antique-dealing, antique-filled, antique-finish, antique-look, antique-looking, antique-model, antique-spotting, antique-style.

Ending with "antique": late-antique, repro-antique.

Afrikaans

antiek (ancient). (various references)

Albanian

antikë, vepër i artit antik, i vjetër (ancient, long ago, long standing, moss-grown, old, olden, passe, primitive, shabby, superannuated, used), i lashtë (age-old, ancient, early, grey, grey headed, Hoar, hoary, old, old world, primaeval, primeval, primordial). (various references)

Arabic 

‏من طراز عتيق, ‏قديم (ancient, antiquated, archaic, back, classic, classical, hoary, immemorial, obsolete, of long standing, old, old fashioned, old hand, old time, old timer, old-established, oldster, once, out of date, outdated, outmoded, primitive, quondam, sometime, stale, staleness, stock, superannuate, time honored, time worn, very old), ‏عتيق الزي (ancient, antiquated, bygone, dated, dowdy, out of date, outdated, outmoded, vintage), ‏أثر قديم (relic). (various references)

Bulgarian 

античен (ancient, classic, classical), антиква, антика (museum piece). (various references)

Catalan

antic (ancient). (various references)

Chinese 

古董, 古物 . (various references)

Czech

antický (ancient, classical), zastaralý (antiquated, archaic, inveterate, moss-grown, obsolete, out of date, outdated, superannuated), starovìký (ancient), starobylý (ancient, hoary, time honored, time-honoured). (various references)

Danish

antikvitet, antikglas (antique flat glass), antik (ancient). (various references)

Dutch

antiek (ancient), ouderwets (ancient, old-fashioned, out of date), aloud (ancient). (various references)

Esperanto

antikva (ancient). (various references)

Faeroese

gamal (ancient, old), fortíðar- (ancient). (various references)

Farsi 

کهنه (Ancient, Archaic, Bygone, Clout, Dead, Gray, Lint, Musty, Obsolescent, Obsolete, Old, Olden, Pokey, Ragged, Rundown, Shabby, Tacky, Timeworn, Wad), عتیقه (Curio, Relic), باستانی (Ancient, Antiquarian, Gray, Old, Primer, Primeval, Relic). (various references)

Finnish

antiikkinen, antiikkilasi (antique flat glass), antiikkiesine (curio), muinaisesine, muinaisaikainen. (various references)

French

antique (ancient). (various references)

Frisian

antyk (ancient). (various references)

German

antik (ancient, antiquely), altertümlich (ancient, antiquated, archaic), Antiquität. (various references)

Greek 

αντίκα (curio). (various references)

Hebrew 

עתיק (ancient, obsolete, old). (various references)

Hungarian

antik (ancient), régiség (antiquities, fly in amber), régimódi (antiquated, dated, fogyish, fuddy-duddy, fusty, old fashioned, old fogey, old-fashioned, out of date, passe), régies (archaic, obsolete, quaint), régi (ancient, bygone, centner, hand-me-down, hoar, hoary, of old, old, old time, old-world, past, pristine, stale, time honored, time-honoured, time-worn), antik tárgy, ókori (old world, old-world), ódonság, ódon (archaic). (various references)

Indonesian

antik (eccentric, ornate), kuno (antiquated, archaic, classic, orthodox, outdated), bahari (ancient, charming, maritime, nautical). (various references)

Italian

antico (age-old, ancient, bygone, early, old, olden). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

骨董 (curio), 年代物 , 古物 (old article, secondhand goods), アンチノック剤 (anchovy, antifeminism, antifreeze, antiknock agent, antimagnetic, antimony, antinomy, antique fashion, anti-roman, en tous cas, en-tout-cas), アンチック体 (antidote, antiknock, anti-theatre, antithesis), アンザス条約 (Ancien Regime, andante, andante cantabile, andantino, angelus, antagonism, anthology, anti-, anti-establishment, antique fashion, ANZUS Treaty, disliked, submarine pitch, under, under par, undercoat, underground, underhand throw, underline, underpass, underplot, underproof, underscore, undershirt, underskill, underwear, undulation, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, UNTAC, untied loan, untouchable). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ねんだいもの, ふるもの (old article, secondhand goods), こぶつ (old article, secondhand goods), こっとう (curio), アンチックたい, アンチーク , アンティーク . (various references)

Korean 

앙티크. (various references)

Manx

shenn-emshiragh (antiquated, archaic, old-fashioned, old-world, out of date), shenndaght (antiquarianism, antiquity), shenn red. (various references)

Norwegian

antikk. (various references)

Papiamen

antik (ancient). (various references)

Pig Latin

antiqueay.(various references)

Portuguese

antigo (ancient, archaic, auld, former, late, old, olden, once, pristine, quondam, whilom), antiguidade (antiqueness, antiquity). (various references)

Romanian

arhaic (antiquated, archaic, obsolete, old), antic (ancient, antiquated, crusted, Hoar, old, old fashioned, venerable), vechi (ancient, back, decrepit, grey headed, Hoar, inveterate, old, quondam, stale, superannuated, time worn, used), strãvechi (ancient, dateless, hoary, immemorial, primitive, time worn), strãbun (ancestor, ancestors', ancient, father, forefather, forefathers, forefathers', patriarch, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor), obiect vechi de artã, obiect de artã din antichitate. (various references)

Russian 

античный стиль, античный (ancient), предмет старины/ античный, памятник древности, древнее искусство (ancient art). (various references)

Scottish

aosda (a. aged, ancient, nm.ind. aged one, old). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

antikvitet, antika (antiquity, classical: the classical period), antički (ancient), starinski (ancient, archaic, obsolete, old fashioned, old time, old world, oldfangled). (various references)

Spanish

antiguo (abecedarian, age-old, ancient, archaic, former, late, long standing, old, old world, old-established, ole, out of date, quondam, used, vintage), antigüedad (antiqueness, antiquity, custom, seniority, standing). (various references)

Swedish

antikvitet, antik. (various references)

Turkish

antika (antiquarian, crusted, curio, curiosity, eccentric, kooky, old world, quaint, queer), antik, antíka (ancient), eski sanat eseri. (various references)

Ukrainian

старовинна річ, старовинний (antiquarian, early, elder, eldest, old, old time, old world, pristine, vintage), старомодний (ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, corny, frumpish, old fashioned, oldfangled, out of date, out of fashion, outmoded, primitive, square-toed, victorian, vintage), стародавний (ancient), старезний (advanced, age-old, ancient, antiquated, decrepit, prehistoric, prehistorical, senile, winterly, wintry), твір стародавнього мистецтва, неглазурований папір, застарілий (antiquated, archaic, chronic, decrepit, demoded, fossil, fusty, inveterate, moldy, mouldy, musty, obsolete, old, old fashioned, old hat, oldfangled, ole, out of date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, over age, overworn, passe, played out, rusty, superannuated, time worn, worm-eaten), античний (ancient, classic), антиква, поважний (consequential, considered, dignified, esteemed, important, patriarchal), пам'ятка старовини, давний (ancient). (various references)

Vietnamese 

theo kiểu cổ lỗi thời, không hợp thời (dated), cổ xưa; theo lối cổ, cổ (antiquated, old-time, outdated). (various references)

Welsh

hynafol (ancient, archaic), hen-ffasiwn (old-fashioned), hen (aged, ancient, of old, old). (various references)

antiquus, priscus. (various references)

antico. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "antique": antiqued, antiquer, antiquers, antiques. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Antique" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aantique, Antequera, antice, antigue, Antiq, antiqua, Antiquack, antiquad, Antiquus, antiquy, Antium, antiuqe, antuiqe, Ataque, Atiqur, atque, attaque, enarque, intique, intiqued, panique. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: quinate.

-1 letter: auntie, quaint, quinta, quinte.

-2 letters: entia, quant, quate, quean, quiet, quint, quite, tenia, tinea, unite, untie.

-3 letters: ante, anti, aunt, etna, etui, neat, nite, quai, quin, quit, tain, tine, tuna, tune, unai, unit.

-4 letters: ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, eat, eau, eta, nae, net, nit, nut, qat, qua, tae, tan, tau, tea, ten.

+1 letter: antiqued, antiquer, antiques, equating, equation, equitant, quainter, quantile, quantize.

+2 letters: antiquate, antiquers, equations, quaintest, quantiles, quantized, quantizer, quantizes, quittance.

+3 letters: acquainted, antiplaque, antiquated, antiquates, aquatinted, aquatinter, banqueting, coequating, equanimity, equational, equestrian, equitation, equivalent, inadequate, inequality, parqueting, quaintness, quantified, quantifier, quantifies, quantitate, quantities, quantizers, quarantine, quartering, quaternion, quaternity, quittances, reacquaint, sequential, tranquiler.

+4 letters: acquiescent, acquirement, acquittance, antiquaries, antiquities, aquatinters, barquentine, bequeathing, equestrians, equidistant, equilibrant, equinoctial, equitations, equivalents, gigantesque, hindquarter, inequitable, inequitably, piquantness, quantifiers, quantitated, quantitates, quarantined, quarantines, quarterings, quaternions, questionary, reacquaints, squattering, tranquilest, tranquilize, tranquiller.