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antiq.

antiq. is the abbreviation of antique.

antiq. is the abbreviation of antiquarian.

antiq. is the abbreviation of antiquary.

Meaning of antique

Noun

antique (plural antiques)

  1. An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
  2. An object of ancient times.
  3. (singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
  4. (derogatory, figuratively, mildly) An old person.
    Synonyms:
    coffin dodger
  5. (obsolete) A man of ancient times.
    • They supposed that they had seene those most beutyfull Dryades, or the natyue nymphes or fayres of the fountaynes whereof the antiques spake so muche.1577, Richarde Eden, Richarde Willes, The History of Trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes: […], London: Richarde...
    Synonyms:
    ancient
  6. A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.

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Meaning of antiquarian

Noun

antiquarian (plural antiquarians)

  1. A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques.

See all 2 meanings of antiquarian

Forms of antiq.

pluralantiqs.

Questions about antiq.

What is antiq. the abbreviation of?
Antiq. is the abbreviation of antique.

Words near antiq. in the dictionary

  1. antipyrimidines
  2. antipyrin
  3. antipyrine
  4. antipyrines
  5. antipyrotic
  6. antiq.
  7. antiqs.
  8. antiqua
  9. antiquackery
  10. antiquake
  11. antiquaria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antiq. (page history and authors); antique (page history and authors); antiquarian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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