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antique   (TTS Sound)

The noun antique has 2 senses

• old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique -- (an elderly man)


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

The verb antique has 2 senses

• antique -- (shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday")


• antique, antiquate -- (give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture")

The adj antique has 3 senses

• antique -- (made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture")


• antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee -- (out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas")


• age-old, antique -- (belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness")