Synonyms for quaint
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1. quaint

   Antique refers to an ancient, antiquated to a discarded style. Antique is that which is either ancient in fact or ancient in style. The reference is to the style rather than to the age. We can speak of the antique architecture of a church just built. The difference between antiquated and antique is not in the age, for a Puritan style may be scorned as antiquated, while a Roman or Renaissance style may be prized as antique. The antiquated is not so much out of date as out of vogue. Old-fashioned may be used approvingly or contemptuously. In the latter case it becomes a synonym for antiquated; in the good sense it approaches the meaning of antique, but indicates less duration. We call a wide New England fireplace old-fashioned; a coin of the Cæsars, antique. Quaint combines the idea of age with a pleasing oddity; as, a quaint gambrel-roofed house. Antiquated is sometimes used of persons in a sense akin to superannuated. The antiquated person is out of style and out of sympathy with the present generation by reason of age; the superannuated person is incapacitated for present activities by reason of age. Compare OLD.

   Synonyms:
   ancient, antiquated, antique, old-fashioned, superannuated

   Antonyms:
   fashionable, fresh, modern, modish, new, recent, stylish

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1. quaint

   Synonyms:
   curious, recondite, abstruse, elegant, nice, affected, whimsical, odd, antique, archaic, fanciful, singular, old-fashioned

   Antonyms:
   commonplace, ordinary, usual, coarse, common, modern, modish, fashionable, dowdy

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1. quaintadjective

   strange in an interesting or pleasing way

   "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"

   Synonyms:
   old-time, olde worlde

   Antonyms:
   familiar, unfashionable, unstylish

2. quaintadjective

   very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance

   "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor"

   Synonyms:
   old-time, olde worlde

   Antonyms:
   familiar, unstylish, unfashionable

3. old-time, quaint, olde worldeadjective

   attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

   "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

   Synonyms:
   old-time, olde worlde

   Antonyms:
   unfashionable, familiar, unstylish

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1. grainyadjective

   the term 'grainy' is used when one feels queer or has a sense of discomfort.

   wow, i'm feeling grainy today.

   Submitted by k1y099.mi on August 30, 2023  

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1. quaintadjective

   Synonyms:
   odd, strange, singular, whimsical, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique, curious, droll, fantastic, fanciful, far-fetched, out of the way

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1. quaintadjective

   Synonyms:
   fanciful, whimsical, odd, curious, grotesque, old-fashioned

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1. List of paraphrases for "quaint":

   picturesque, scenic

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1. Clive Moore:

   A current joke is that people lament the decline of Honiara's quaint Honiaras Chinatown, which is no longer central, but then others say it does not matter as the whole of Honiara is Honiaras Chinatown now.

2. Andy Carroll:

   This generation sees letters as a very quaint, bygone thing that people used to do, but what they contain is some of the most extraordinary, most powerful sentiments and emotions because everything is more vibrant through the lens of warfare.

3. David Howman:

   You mold your style according the presidential requirements, i was a lawyer, a barrister who went to court every day. Every judge is different and you adapt your argument according to the judge so it sort of comes naturally. Howman, who often represented athletes in New Zealand who could not afford his services and paid in cricket bats and All-Blacks rugby jerseys, has been there through all the highs and lows. When WADA opened in 2003, drugs in sport had already become a worldwide epidemic and fair play was merely a quaint idea. Doping was firmly entrenched in the sporting culture, largely tolerated, if not tacitly accepted, by those who competed in everything from cycling's Tour de France to baseball's World Series. With no meaningful out-of-competition testing, a mish-mash of sanctions and banned substance lists, entrepreneurs such as BALCO mastermind Victor Conte operated in near impunity, pushing out designer steroids faster than tests could be developed to detect them. From a small headquarters in Montreal, WADA has grown into a global agency with four regional offices and 35 laboratories, although four are currently under suspension.

4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.

5. John Jay Chapman:

   If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea, on any excuse, to vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party (for at present machine and party are one), or for any candidate who does not stand for a new era, -- then you yourself pass into the slide of the magic-lantern; you are an exhibit, a quaint product, a curiosity of the American soil. You are part of the problem.