ant-
Multiple Entries:ant- anti-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ant-/ant/
▶prefix variant spelling of anti- shortened before a vowel or h (as in Antarctic).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anti- /ˈanti/ (also ant-)
▶prefix
- 1 opposed to; against: anti-aircraft.
■ preventing or relieving: antibacterial.
■ the opposite of: anticlimax.
■ acting as a rival: antipope.
- 2 Physics the antiparticle of a specified particle.
– origin from Gk anti ‘against’.
'ant-' also found in these Oxford entries:
amazon ant
- -ance
- ant
- -ant
- antagonize
- Antarctic
- ant heap
- anti-
- ant lion
- antonym
- antsy
- army ant
- bulldog ant
- carpenter ant
- deodorant
- doodlebug
- dopant
- driver ant
- emmet
- -ent
- fire ant
- flippant
- formic acid
- formication
- honey ant
- hydrant
- leafcutter ant
- myrmecology
- myrmecophile
- neuter
- pharaoh ant
- pismire
- pissant
- replicant
- soldier
- sonorant
- statant
- surfactant
- tamandua
- velvet ant
- white ant
- worker
