| antofagasta | (n) a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile |
| antonine wall | (n) a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain |
| antoninus | (n) Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Syn. Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus |
| antonius pius | (n) Emperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161) |
| antony | (n) Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC), Syn. Mark Anthony, Mark Antony, Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius |
| antonym | (n) a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other, Syn. opposite word, opposite, Ant. synonym, Example: to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed' |
| antonymous | (adj) of words: having opposite meanings, Ant. synonymous |
| antonymy | (n) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings |
| Antoecians | |
| Antonomasia | ‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Antonomastic | a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- |
| Antonomasy | n. Antonomasia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Antonym | n. [ Gr. &unr_; a word used in substitution for another; &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, a word. ] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [ R. ] C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Antorbital | a. [ Pref. anti- + orbital. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- |
| Antorgastic | a. See Antiorgastic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Antozone | n. [ Pref. anti- + ozone. ] (Chem.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Antonomasie { f } | antonomasia [Add to Longdo] |
| Antonym { n } (zu) | antonym (of) [Add to Longdo] |
| antonym { adj } | antonym [Add to Longdo] |
| Antonius und Kleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra [Add to Longdo] |