antique
Very old and often valuable.
antique in a sentence
- The antique clock had been ticking in Granny's hallway for over a hundred years.
- At the car boot sale, Dad found an antique telescope made two hundred years ago.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to antique?
- Aold
- Bnew
- Cmodern
Show the answer
A: old. The other three mean the opposite of antique.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to antique?
- Aaged
- Bold
- Cnew
- Dancient
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C: new. The other three mean nearly the same as antique.
Words that mean something similar
old, aged, ancient
Words that mean the opposite
new, modern
Careful: antique is not ancient
Antique is old and valued. Ancient is very, very old. Read why children mix them up.
More words about time & change
- antiquity: The distant past, especially the times of ancient Greece and Rome.
- awry: Not going as planned; twisted to one side.
- calamity: A terrible event that causes great damage or sadness.
- cease: To stop happening or stop doing something.
- commence: To begin or start.
- conclude: To bring something to an end, or to decide something after thinking about it.
- constant: Happening all the time without stopping, or staying the same.
- contemporary: Belonging to the present time; modern.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test