Antonyms for antique

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : an-teek

Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtik

Definition of antique

Origin : 1530s, "aged, venerable," from Middle French antique "old" (14c.), from Latin antiquus (later anticus) "ancient, former, of olden times; old, long in existence, aged; venerable; old-fashioned," from PIE *anti in sense of "before" (see ante) + *okw- "appearance" (see eye (n.)). Originally pronounced in English like its parallel antic, but French pronunciation and spelling were adopted from c.1700.

adj old
noun old object, often of great value

Example sentences :

They are what modern life has contributed to the antique ideal of friendship.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

So far she had only been set to do landscape, and laborious drawings of casts from the antique.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

As Raphael is supposed to have said, all that was lacking to him was knowledge of the antique.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

And for art-lovers, what perennial beauty of an antique art is here.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Here, indeed, is an up-to-date hermit, not an antique troglodyte.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And you remember that I had admired it, this antique relic of art.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

The vastness of the antique press seemed brightened and all refreshed by them.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

That depot-wagon was an antique and antiques are valuable these days.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If I wasn't an antique and married already I don't know but I'd be getting into line.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for antique

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