anti
an·ti/ˈæn.taɪ/adjective, noun, preposition
anti is spelled A-N-T-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables (an·ti). It appears 102 times per million words in written English, the 1,048th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “ante vs anti” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, anti means “Opposed to something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anti?
| Letters | 4: A-N-T-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: an·ti |
| In writing | 102 times per million words; the 1,048th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is anti?
Anti appears 102 times per million words in written English, the 1,048th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anti?
- UK /ˈæn.ti/
- US /ˈæn.taɪ/
Anti has 2 syllables, split an·ti in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-anti-.wav, En-us-anti-.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-anti.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with anti
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: anty, auntie (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with anti?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as anti from its last stressed vowel (/ænti/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tina, tian, tain, nait.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of anti
- more anti comparative
- most anti superlative
- antis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anti mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Opposed to something.
- 2
That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
noun
- 1
A person opposed to a concept or principle.
- 2
derogatoryslangA fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.
While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist.
preposition
- 1
rareAlternative form of anti-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anti in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anti come from?
Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).