antique

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

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

- the beautiful antique French furniture

Similar word(s): old

2. out of fashion

- a suit of rather antique appearance

Similar word(s): unfashionable, unstylish, demode, ex, outmoded, passe, passee

3. belonging to or lasting from times long ago

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

Similar word(s): old

noun

1. an elderly man

Similar word(s): gaffer, oldtimer

Definition categories: person, graybeard, greybeard

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

Definition categories: man–made, antiquity

verb

1. shop for antiques

- We went antiquing on Saturday

Definition categories: possession, browse, shop

2. give an antique appearance to

- antique furniture

Similar word(s): antiquate

Definition categories: change, alter, modify