antiquity
The distant past, especially the times of ancient Greece and Rome.
antiquity in a sentence
- The museum is full of statues from antiquity.
- The stone circle dates back to antiquity, long before castles were built.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to antiquity?
- Atoday
- Bpresent
- Cpast
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C: past. The other three mean the opposite of antiquity.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to antiquity?
- Apresent
- Bhistory
- Cpast
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A: present. The other three mean nearly the same as antiquity.
Words that mean something similar
past, history
Words that mean the opposite
present, today
More words about time & change
- 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.
- convert: To change something into something else.
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