antiskid
adjective, noun
antiskid is an adjective meaning “Designed to increase friction, and thereby reduce the possibility of skid. (of a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-S-K-I-D, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antiskid mean?
adjective
- 1
Designed to increase friction, and thereby reduce the possibility of skid. (of a surface)
- 2
Designed to maintain traction on a slippery surface. (of a brake system)
noun
- 1
Antiskid braking.
To help keep from using up the limited pressure stored by the brake accumulator, antiskid is not available with both engines out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antiskid
- antiskidding
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antiskid?
Antiskid appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Antiskid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense designed to increase friction:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | antipatinage, antidérapage |
| Portuguese | antiderrapagem, antiderrapante |
| Spanish | antideslizante, antiderrapante, anti-patinaje |
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 antiskid come from?
From anti- + skid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).