antiquity

1. 1.

   the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

   Broaderhistoric period

   Part ofhistory
2. 2.

   extreme oldness

   Synonymsancientness

   Broaderoldness
3. 3.

   an artifact surviving from the past

   Broaderartifact

   NarrowerantiquerelicRoman buildingstele

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.