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2 : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago

Synonyms

age-old, ancient, antique, dateless, hoary, old, venerable—more at ANCIENT

an·te·lope noun, plural -lope or -lopes [ORIGIN: ME, fabulous heraldic beast, prob. fr. MF antelop savage animal with sawlike horns, fr. ML anthalopus, fr. LGk antholops]

1 : any of various deerlike ruminant mammals that chiefly inhabit Africa an have a slender build and horns extending upward and backward

2 : PRONGHORN

an·te me·ri·di·em adjective [ORIGIN: L]

: being before noon

an·ten·na noun, plural -nae or -nas [ORIGIN: ML, fr. L, sail yard]

1 : one of the long slender paired segmented sensory organs on the head of an arthropod (as an insect or crab)

2 plural usually -nas : a metallic device (as a rod or wire) for sending out or receiving radio waves

an·te·pe·nult also an·te·pen·ul·ti·ma noun : the 3d syllable of a word counting from the end

— an·te·pen·ul·ti·mate adjective or noun

an·te·ri·or adjective 1 : situated before or toward the front

2 : situated near or nearer to the head

3 : coming before in time

Synonyms

antecedent, foregoing, preceding, previous, prior—more at PREVIOUS

anterior cruciate ligament noun : a cross-shaped ligament of the knee that connects the tibia and femur

an·te·room noun : a room forming the entrance to another and often used as a waiting room

an·them noun 1 : a sacred vocal composition

2 : a song or hymn of praise or gladness

Synonyms

[1, 2] canticle, carol, chorale, hymn, psalm, spiritual—more at HYMN

an·ther noun : the part of a stamen of a seed plant that produces and contains pollen

ant·hill noun : a mound thrown up by ants or termites in digging their nest

an·thol·o·gy noun, plural -gies [ORIGIN: NL anthologia collection of epigrams, fr. MGk, fr. Gk, flower gathering, fr. anthos flower + logia collecting, fr. legein to gather]

: a collection of literary selections

— an·thol·o·gist noun

— an·thol·o·gize verb

Synonyms

album, compilation, miscellany; also archives

an·thra·cite noun : a hard glossy coal that burns without much smoke

an·thrax noun : an infectious and usu. fatal bacterial disease of warm-blooded animals (as cattle and sheep) that is transmissible to humans; also : a bacterium causing anthrax

an·thro·po·cen·tric adjective : interpreting or regarding the world in terms of human values and experiences

an·thro·poid noun 1 : any of several large tailless apes (as a gorilla)

2 : a person resembling an ape

— anthropoid adjective

an·thro·pol·o·gy noun : the science of human beings and esp. of their physical characteristics, their origin and the distribution of races, their environment and social relations, and their culture

— an·thro·po·log·i·cal adjective

— an·thro·pol·o·gist noun

an·thro·po·mor·phism noun : an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics : HUMANIZATION

— an·thro·po·mor·phic adjective

an·ti noun, plural antis : one who is opposed

anti- or ant- or anth- prefix 1 : opposite in kind, position, or action

2 : opposing : hostile toward

3 : counteractive

4 : preventive of : curative of

List of self-explanatory words with the prefix anti-:

antiaging

anti–AIDS

antiaircraft

antialcohol

anti–American

antiapartheid

antibacterial

anticapitalist

anti–Catholic

anticholesterol

anticlerical

anticolonial

anticommunism

anticommunist

antidemocratic

antiestablishment

antifascist

antigovernment

anti–imperialism

anti–imperialist

antiknock

antilabor

antimalarial

antimicrobial

antinausea

antipoverty

antislavery

antispasmodic

antistatic

antisubmarine

antitank

antitumor

antiviral

antiwar

an·ti·abor·tion adjective : opposed to abortion

an·ti·bal·lis·tic missile noun : a missile for intercepting and destroying ballistic missiles

an·ti·bi·ot·ic noun : a substance produced by or derived by chemical alteration of a substance produced by a microorganism (as a fungus or bacterium) that in dilute solution inhibits or kills