ant
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.
Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q7386}}Any of various [[insect]]s in the family {{taxfmt|Formicidae|family}} in the order {{taxfmt|Hymenoptera|order}}, typically living in large [[colony|colonies]] composed almost entirely of [[flightless]] females.
- {{lb|en|Internet}} A [[Web spider]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|ornithology}} To rub insects, especially [[ant#Noun|ants]], on one's body, perhaps to control [[parasites]] or clean [[feathers]].
Proper noun
- {{given name|en|male|dimof=Anthony|from=Latin}}.
- {{place|en|river|co/Norfolk|cc/England}}, tributary to the {{l|en|Bure}}.
- The 27th [[sura]] (chapter) of the [[Qur'an]].
- {{lb|en|Internet slang}} {{w|Anthropic}} (American artificial intelligence company)
Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.