DICTOMETER

QUAINT

(quaint)

1. Synonyms:
   • Quaint
   Definitions:
   • strange in an interesting or pleasing way
   Examples:
   • Quaint dialect words
   • Quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities
   Antonyms:
   • Familiar
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Quaint
   Definitions:
   • very strange or unusual
   • odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
   Examples:
   • The head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name- Bill Beatty
   • Came forth a quaint and fearful sight- Sir Walter Scott
   • A quaint sense of humor
   Antonyms:
   • Familiar
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Old-time
   • Quaint
   • Olde worlde
   Definitions:
   • attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
   Examples:
   • Houses with quaint thatched roofs
   • A vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots
   Antonyms:
   • Unfashionable
   • Unstylish