antiquity

Other forms of antiquity

plural

antiquities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about antiquity

What does antiquity mean?

antiquity means "the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in antiquity?

antiquity has 4 syllables: an-tiq-ui-ty. The stress falls on "tiq". In IPA it is /ænˈtɪkwəti/.

What is another word for antiquity?

Close synonyms include ancientness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antiquity a common word?

antiquity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.