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antiquity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of antiquity

the state of being something old

  • despite their indisputable antiquity, many of the carvings look like they could have been made yesterday
Synonyms of antiquity

age, agedness, ancientness, hoariness
Words Related to antiquity

antiquation, datedness, obsolescence, obsoleteness, old-fashionedness

fustiness

agelessness
Near Antonyms of antiquity

currency, currentness, freshness, modernity, modernness, novelty, recentness
Antonyms of antiquity

newness

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