Antique
Antique adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Usage example: studied shards from antique pots made by the Pueblos of the Southwest
Classic and antique are semantically related. in vintage topic. In some cases you can use "Classic" instead the word "Antique" as an adjective or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| beautiful | beautiful antique | beautiful classic |
Both words in one sentence
- This could be mitigated to a certain extent if you are into cars and can perform fixes yourself, but unless you're keeping a car for its classic/antique value, after several years it becomes more costly to maintain and buy the parts needed to keep it running than to just go buy a new one.
Source: You Get What You Pay For -
Plus, an antique car fit rather well with his...let's say "classic" opera cape stylings.
Source: Cool Car - Steampunk: Dolby's sense of style usually includes goggles, whimsy, antique brass items and truly classic album covers Surreal Music Video: Most of them, though She Blinded Me With Science is particularly known for it.
Source: Music / Thomas Dolby
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