prefix
Meaning 1
Against, opposed to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- anti- + abortion → antiabortion
- anti- + racism → antiracism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: counter-
Antonyms: pro-
Standard Lemma guide
anti-
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈænˌti/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪ/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈæn.ti/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɛə̯n.ti]
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Canada, General-American: /ˈænˌtaɪ/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɛə̯nˌtaɪ̯]
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Canada, General-American: /ˈæn.tə/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɛə̯n.tə]
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: anty
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homophone: auntie (in some accents)
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Meaning 2
Counteracting, neutralizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- anti- + aircraft → antiaircraft
- anti- + freeze → antifreeze
- anti- + bacterial → antibacterial
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: counter-
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 3
The opposite of what is typically expected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- anti- + hero → antihero (“a protagonist who acts in an unheroic manner”)
- anti- + climax → anticlimax (“a failed or reverse climax”)
- anti- + chess → antichess (“a variant of chess where the goal is to lose all of one's pieces”)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 4
Physically opposite, reverse in position or direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- anti- + clockwise → anticlockwise
- anti- + Arctic → Antarctic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 5
A rival or counterpart to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- anti- + pope → antipope (“a person who claims to be the real pope”)
- anti- + Christ → Antichrist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 6
Composed of antimatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, particle
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- anti- + electron → antielectron
- anti- + galaxy → antigalaxy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 7
Reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
Examples
- anti- + rabbit → antirabbit
- anti- + horse → antihorse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 8
Obsolete form of ante-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Examples
- antichamber, antiport, antiroom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h2énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Cognate with Old English and- (“against, in return, back, un-”), German ent- (“off, away, un-”). Doublet of ante- and un-.
Probably largely from association with etymology 1, either in English or in French, although some early formations (especially antichamber) reflect Italian anti-.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ضِدّ (ḍidd) — against, hostile to
- Arabic: مُضَادّ (muḍādd) — against, hostile to
- Arabic: نَقِيض (naqīḍ) — against, hostile to
- Armenian: հակա- (haka-) — against, hostile to
- Azerbaijani: anti- — against, hostile to
- Bulgarian: противо- (protivo-) — against, hostile to
- Bulgarian: анти- (anti-) — against, hostile to
- Bulgarian: а́нти- (ánti-) — against, hostile to
- Catalan: anti- — against, hostile to
- Chinese Mandarin: 反- (fǎn-) — against, hostile to
- Chinese Mandarin: 抗 (kàng) — against, hostile to
- Chinese Mandarin: 非 (fēi) — against, hostile to
- Chinese Mandarin: 反對 /反对 (fǎnduì) — against, hostile to
- Cornish: gorth- — against, hostile to
- Czech: anti- — against, hostile to
- Czech: proti- — against, hostile to
- Dutch: anti- — against, hostile to
- Esperanto: kontraŭ- — against, hostile to
- Estonian: anti- — against, hostile to
- Finnish: anti- — against, hostile to
- Finnish: vasta- — against, hostile to
- Finnish: epä- — against, hostile to
- French: anti- — against, hostile to
- Galician: anti- — against, hostile to
- Georgian: ანტი- (anṭi-) — against, hostile to
- German: gegen- — against, hostile to
- German: anti- — against, hostile to
- Greek: αντι- (anti-) — against, hostile to
- Hebrew: אנטי־ (anti-) — against, hostile to
- Hindi: प्रति- (prati-) — against, hostile to
- Hungarian: ellen- — against, hostile to
- Hungarian: -ellenes — against, hostile to
- Hungarian: elleni — against, hostile to
- Hungarian: anti- — against, hostile to
- Ido: anti- — against, hostile to
- Irish: anta- — against, hostile to
- Italian: anti- — against, hostile to
- Japanese: 反- (han-) — against, hostile to
- Japanese: 非 (hi) — against, hostile to
- Japanese: 逆 (gyaku) — against, hostile to
- Japanese: 反対 (hantai) — against, hostile to
- Kapampangan: kontra- — against, hostile to
- Kapampangan: pangontra- — against, hostile to
- Korean: 안티 (anti) — against, hostile to
- Korean: 반(反)- (ban-) — against, hostile to
- Latin: contra- — against, hostile to
- Latvian: pret- — against, hostile to
- Latvian: anti- — against, hostile to
- Macedonian: против- (protiv-) — against, hostile to
- Macedonian: анти- (anti-) — against, hostile to
- Malay: anti- — against, hostile to
- Māori: ātete — against, hostile to
- Old English: wiþer- — against, hostile to
- Persian: آنتی (ânti-) — against, hostile to
- Persian: پادـ (pâd-) — against, hostile to
- Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭥𐭲 — against, hostile to
- Polish: anty- — against, hostile to
- Polish: przeciw- — against, hostile to
- Portuguese: anti- — against, hostile to
- Romanian: anti- — against, hostile to
- Romanian: contra- — against, hostile to
- Russian: про́тиво- (prótivo-) — against, hostile to
- Russian: противо- (protivo-) — against, hostile to
- Russian: а́нти- (ánti-) — against, hostile to
- Russian: анти- (anti-) — against, hostile to
- Spanish: anti- — against, hostile to
- Spanish: contra- — against, hostile to
- Swedish: anti- — against, hostile to
- Tamil: எதிர் (etir) — against, hostile to
- Vietnamese: chống — against, hostile to
Real reading context