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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How to use antiquity in a sentence?

1. Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio:

   History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   What is a country without rabbits and partridges They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products ancient and venerable familes known to antiquity as to modern times of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.

3. Kobi Sharvit:

   The discovery of such a large hoard of coins that had such tremendous economic power in antiquity raises several possibilities regarding its presence on the seabed, there is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.

4. Geoffrey Smith:

   To say that we were excited once we realized what we’d found is an understatement, we never suspected that Greek fragments of the First Apocalypse of James survived from antiquity. But there they were, right in front of us.

5. Confucius:

   I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.