Ant Definition
ănt
ants
noun
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Any of a widespread family (Formicidae) of black, brown, or red hymenopteran insects, generally wingless, that live in colonies with a complex division of labor by castes, including workers, males, and a queen.
Webster's New World
Any of numerous hymenopteran insects of the family Formicidae, characteristically having wings only in the males and fertile females and living in colonies that have a complex social organization.
American Heritage Medicine
abbreviation
Antenna.
Webster's New World
Antonym.
Webster's New World
Antarctica.
Webster's New World
Antonym.
Webster's New World
Afghanistan National Television.
Wiktionary
suffix
Performing, promoting, or causing a specified action.
Acceptant.
American Heritage
Being in a specified state or condition.
Flippant.
American Heritage
One that performs, promotes, or causes a specified action.
Deodorant.
American Heritage
One that undergoes a specified action.
Inhalant.
American Heritage
affix
Webster's New World
That has, shows, or does.
Defiant, radiant.
Webster's New World
A person or thing that ____s.
Occupant, accountant.
Webster's New World
idiom
ants in (one's) pants
- A state of restless impatience.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Ant
Noun
Singular:
ant
Plural:
antsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ant
Origin of Ant
Middle English from Old French from Latin -āns -ant- present participle suff. of verbs in -āre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
ME < OFr < L -antem or -entem, acc. prp. ending
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Middle English amte from Old English ǣmete
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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