Usually means: Old, collectible item with value.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word antique:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. antique: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. antique: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. antique: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. antique, the antique: Collins English Dictionary
  5. antique: Vocabulary.com
  6. Antique, antique: Wordnik
  7. antique: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Antique, antique: Wiktionary
  9. antique: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. antique: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. antique: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Antique, antique: Dictionary.com
  13. antique (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. antique: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Antique (band), Antique (disambiguation), Antique (duo), Antique (film), Antique (province), Antique: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Antique: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. antique: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. antique: Rhymezone
  19. antique, antique: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. antique: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. antique: Free Dictionary
  22. antique: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. antique: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. antique: Merriam-Webster.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. antique: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. antique: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. antique: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. antique: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Paper Making (No longer online)

(Note: See antiqued as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
adjective:  Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
adjective:  (typography) Designating a style of type.
adjective:  (bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
adjective:  Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”)
adjective:  (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
adjective:  Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
noun:  In general, anything very old; specifically:
noun:  An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
noun:  An object of ancient times.
noun:  (in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
noun:  (figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
noun:  (obsolete) A man of ancient times.
noun:  (typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
noun:  Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
noun:  A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
verb:  (intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
verb:  (transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
verb:  (transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
noun:  A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital: San Jose de Buenavista

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