ANTIQUITIES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

antiquity

noun

an-ˈti-kwə-tē

Definition of antiquity

as in ancientness

the state of being something old despite their indisputable antiquity, many of the carvings look like they could have been made yesterday

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Recent Examples of antiquity But the streets of suburbia are very tame compared to the paths of antiquity. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 There were big things in antiquity—the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico; the Colossus of Rhodes, which stood at two thirds the height of the Statue of Liberty until an earthquake snapped it at the knees in 226 BCE—but there weren’t many of them. — Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 The shrine is the place where two ancient Jewish temples stood in antiquity, and it is considered by Jews to be the holiest spot on Earth. — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026 Her father, Isidor, was a well-to-do art-and-antiquities dealer, and her mother, Hedwig, was active in Jewish causes. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for antiquity

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Since war broke out in late February, the show in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia province, had grown increasingly popular, as interest surges among Chinese people in a nearby nation and culture that rivals their own in its depth and ancientness.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026

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California icon Dolores Huerta, an activist and labor leader, died of cancer Wednesday at her Bakersfield home at age 96, according to the New York Times.

— Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Depending on expansion criteria, more than 40% of Americans under age 65 with private insurance could be clinically eligible for GLP-1s, a 2024 KFF study found.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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