1. (adj.)antique of or belonging to the past; not modern.
2. antique dating from a period long ago: antique furniture.
3. antique in the tradition or style of an earlier period.
4. antique old-fashioned; antiquated.
5. antique of or belonging to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
6. antique (of paper) neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface.
7. antique ancient.
8. (n.)antique a piece of furniture, decorative object, or work of art produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
9. antique the antique style, usu. Greek or Roman, esp. in art.
10. (v.t.)antique to finish or treat so as to give an antique appearance.
11. (v.i.)antique to shop for or collect antiques.
Etymology: (1520–30; < MF < L antīquus, antīcus, existing earlier, ancient, der. of ante; see ante -)
Definition of 'antique'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique an elderly man
2. (adj)antique any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
3. (adj)antique made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age "the beautiful antique French furniture"
4. (adj)antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee out of fashion "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
5. (verb)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"
6. (verb)antique shop for antiques "We went antiquing on Saturday"
7. (verb)antique, antiquate give an antique appearance to "antique furniture"
1. (adjective)antique old and valuable antique furniture
Definition of 'antique'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)antique old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome
2. (adj)antique old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe
3. (adj)antique made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."
4. (adj)antique odd; fantastic
5. (adj)antique 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