| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| antagonism | noun | Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. |
| antagonist | noun | One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent., A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it., A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues., Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy. |
| antagonize | verb t. | To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract., To act in opposition. |
| antanagoge | noun | A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. |
| antarchism | noun | Opposition to government in general. |
| antarchist | noun | One who opposes all government. |
| ant-cattle | noun | Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips. |
| antecedent | adjective | Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause., Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability., That which goes before in time; that which precedes., One who precedes or goes in front., The earlier events of one’s life; previous principles, conduct, course, history., The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence “Solomon was the prince who built the temple,” prince is the antecedent of who., The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move., The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die., The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent. |
| antecessor | noun | One who goes before; a predecessor., An ancestor; a progenitor. |
| antechapel | noun | The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. |
| antecursor | noun | A forerunner; a precursor. |
| antedating | present participle & vb. noun | of Antedate |
| antemosaic | adjective | Being before the time of Moses. |
| antenicene | adjective | Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith. |
| antenumber | noun | A number that precedes another. |
| antepenult | noun | Alt. of Antepenultima |
| anteriorly | adverb | In an anterior manner; before. |
| antetemple | noun | The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church. |
| anthemwise | adverb | Alternately. |
| antheridia | plural | of Antheridium |
| anthomania | noun | A extravagant fondness for flowers. |
| anthophore | noun | The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. |
| anthracene | noun | A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. |
| anthracite | noun | A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal. |
| anthracoid | adjective | Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe. |
| anthropoid | adjective | Resembling man; — applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla., An anthropoid ape. |
| antibromic | noun | An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. |
| antichrist | noun | A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ’s second coming. |
| antichthon | noun | A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun., Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. |
| anticipant | adjective | Anticipating; expectant; — with of. |
| anticipate | verb t. | To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action., To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument., To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired., To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life. |
| anticivism | noun | Opposition to the body politic of citizens. |
| anticlimax | noun | A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; — the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. |
| anticlinal | adjective | Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal., The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. |
| antic-mask | noun | An antimask. |
| antidotary | adjective | Antidotal. |
| antiemetic | adjective / noun | Same as Antemetic. |
| antilithic | adjective | Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed., An antilithic medicine. |
| antilogous | adjective | Of the contrary name or character; — opposed to analogous. |
| antilogies | plural | of Antilogy |
| antiloimic | noun | A remedy against the plague. |
| antilopine | adjective | Of or relating to the antelope. |
| antilyssic | adjective & noun | Antihydrophobic. |
| antimonate | noun | A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. |
| antimonial | adjective | Of or pertaining to antimony., A preparation or medicine containing antimony. |
| antimonite | noun | A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical., Stibnite. |
| antinomian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory., One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. |
| antinomist | noun | An Antinomian. |
| antinomies | plural | of Antinomy |
| antiochian | adjective | Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers., Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria. |
| antipathic | adjective | Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic. |
| antiphonal | adjective | Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs., A book of antiphons or anthems. |
| antiphoner | noun | A book of antiphons. |
| antiphonic | adjective | Antiphonal. |
| antipodean | adjective | Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. |
| antipsoric | adjective | Of use in curing the itch., An antipsoric remedy. |
| antiptosis | noun | The putting of one case for another. |
| antipyrine | noun | An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever. |
| antiquated | adjective | Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. |
| antirenter | noun | One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. |
| antiscians | noun pl. | Alt. of Antiscii |
| antiscolic | adjective | Anthelmintic. |
| antiseptic | adjective | Alt. of Antiseptical, A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona. |
| antisocial | adjective | Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles. |
| antitheism | noun | The doctrine of antitheists. |
| antitheist | noun | A disbeliever in the existence of God. |
| antitheses | plural | of Antithesis |
| antithesis | noun | An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, “The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.” “He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.”, The second of two clauses forming an antithesis., Opposition; contrast. |
| antithetic | adjective | Alt. of Antithetical |
| antitoxine | noun | A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria. |
| anti-trade | noun | A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. |
| antitragus | noun | A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear. |
| antitropal | adjective | Alt. of Antitropous |
| antitypous | adjective | Resisting blows; hard. |
| antoecians | noun pl | Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator. |
| antonomasy | noun | Antonomasia. |
| antorbital | adjective | Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit., The antorbital bone. |
| antrustion | noun | A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises |
| ant thrush | One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants., See Ant bird, under Ant. |