Synonyms for antiquity
ænˈtɪk wɪ tian·tiq·ui·ty

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1. antiquitynoun

   the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

   Synonyms:
   ancientness

2. ancientness, antiquitynoun

   extreme oldness

   Synonyms:
   ancientness

3. antiquitynoun

   an artifact surviving from the past

   Synonyms:
   ancientness

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Historic Period
   • Oldness

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1. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   old times, the olden time, ancient times, days of yore, AULD LANG SYNE

2. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   ancients, people of old times

3. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   ancientness, great age

4. antiquitynoun

   Synonyms:
   [pl.] relics of old times

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1. antiquitynoun

   Associated words:
   archæology, paleography, paleology, paleontology

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1. List of paraphrases for "antiquity":

   antique, seniority, ancient

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1. Joseph Addison:

   It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

2. Amir Ganor:

   After the gold treasure from Caesarea, this is the second time in the past month that citizens have reported significant archaeological finds and we welcome this important trend, thanks to these citizens’ awareness, researchers at the Israel Antiquities Authority will be able to expand the existing archaeological knowledge about the development of society and culture in the Land of Israel in antiquity.

3. Frederick Bastiat:

   It must be admitted that the tendency of the human race toward liberty is largely thwarted, especially in France. This is greatly due to a fatal desire -- learned from the teachings of antiquity -- that our writers on public affairs have in common: They desire to set themselves above mankind in order to arrange, organize, and regulate it according to their fancy.

4. Gilad Itach:

   It is difficult not to be impressed by the sight of the immense underground reservoir quarried out so many years ago, in antiquity, rainwater collection and storage was a fundamental necessity. With an annual rainfall of 500 millimeters( 20 inches), the region’s winter rains would easily have filled the huge reservoir.

5. Mark Echeverria:

   One thing that we've never done in this restaurant is change, one of the reasons why Quentin personally is drawn to the restaurant is because he loves that kind of antiquity...We're timeless, and so we didn't have to go dig through a bunch of archives to find what the servers were wearing or what the tables looked like.