noun
- An elderly man.
- synonyms: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer
- Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
verb
- Shop for antiques.
- usage: "We went antiquing on Saturday"
- Give an antique appearance to.
- usage: "antique furniture"
- synonyms: antiquate
adjective
- Made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age.
- usage: "the beautiful antique French furniture"
- Out of fashion.
- usage: "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
- Belonging to or lasting from times long ago.
- usage: "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
- synonyms: age-old
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