antique

adj

1. superannuated, oldest, age-old, old, old as the hills, timeworn, elderly, aged.

2. autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal, original; pristine, early, earliest, primitive, primordial, primigenial; primeval, primal, prehistoric, preglacial, preadamic, Noachian, Noachiac, Noachical, antediluvian, before the Flood or Deluge; ancient, archaic, archaistic, fossil, fossilized, fossil-like.

3. atavistic, old-fashioned, old-time, old-fogyish, of the old school; unmodern, quaint, old-world, colonial.

4.(all of paper) parchmentlike, parchmenty, uncalendered, uncoated, unglazed, rough.

n

5. bibelot, curio, rarity, Fr. objet d'art; antiquity, relic, artifact, fossil, archaism.

v

6. antiquate, archaize; emboss