antique

antique is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
2. adjective. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
3. adjective. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."
4. adjective. Odd; fantastic.
5. adjective. In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.
6. noun. any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
7. noun. an elderly man

   Synonyms: gaffer, oldtimer

8. verb. give an antique appearance to

   "antique furniture"

   Synonyms: antiquate

9. verb. shop for antiques

   "We went antiquing on Saturday"

10. adjective. out of fashion

    "a suit of rather antique appearance"

    "demode (or outmoded) attire"

    Synonyms: demode, ex, outmoded, passe, passee

11. adjective. belonging to or lasting from times long ago

    "age-old customs"

    "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"

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

    "the beautiful antique French furniture"

Synonyms

gaffer, oldtimer, antiquate, demode, ex, outmoded, passe, passee

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in antique:

quinate

Common word forms

antiqued, antiquer, antiques, antiquely, antiquing, antiqueness

Words from these letters

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