1. Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
   "The antique mahogany desk was the centrepiece of the study"
    
2. [informal] An elderly man or woman
   "The antiques of the village gathered in the square to share stories";
   - old-timer [informal], oldtimer [informal], gaffer [informal], old geezer [informal]

1. Made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
   "the beautiful antique French furniture"
    
2. Belonging to or lasting from times long ago
   "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness";
   - age-old
    
3. Out of fashion
   "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "antique attire";
   - démodé, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat [informal], outmoded, passé, passée, vieux jeu, rinky-dink [N. Amer, informal]

1. Give an antique appearance to
   "antique furniture";
   - antiquate
    
2. Shop for antiques
   "We went antiquing on Saturday"

Derived forms: antiquing, antiqued, antiques

See also: daggy [Austral, NZ, informal], old, unfashionable, unstylish

Type of: alter, antiquity, browse, change, graybeard [US], greybeard [Brit, Cdn], Methuselah, modify, old man, shop

Encyclopedia: Antique, Philippines