Anti

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who is opposed to something, such as a group, policy, proposal, or practice.
  • adj. Opposed: "Douglas MacArthur had a coterie of worshipers, balanced off by an equal number . . . who were vehemently anti” ( Joseph C. Harsch).
  • preposition. Opposed to; against.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
  • n. A person opposed to a concept or principle.
  • preposition. A word used before a noun or noun phrase to indicate opposition to the concept expressed by the noun or noun phrase.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A prefix of Greek origin: originally only in compounds or derivatives taken from the Greek or formed of Greek elements, as in antipathy, antinomy, etc. (the earliest example in English being antichrist, which see), but now a familiar English formative, meaning primarily against, opposed to.
  • n. One who is opposed to some proposed or undertaken course of action, policy, measure, movement, or enactment, as, for example, to imperialism.
  • n. In chem., a prefix used to indicate that two groups or two atoms which might react with each other are so separated in space that they do not readily do this. It is contrasted with the prefix syn-. Thus in antibenzaldoxime, , the H and OH do not readily combine to form water, while in synbenzaldoxime, , such a combination takes place easily.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
  • adj. not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
  • Antonym
    pro   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   
    Cross Reference
    anti-   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Auntie    Chianti    Santy    ante    auntie    canty    chianti    panty    scanty    shanty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    syn    college-educated    s-cis    exo-    rightto    antiplastic    virtualtownhall    cis    endo-    Jesus