anterior, adj.1. advanced, forward, placed in advance orat the front orforward, ranged at the front, set in the van.
2. antecedent, preceding, precedent, prevenient, preliminary, forerunning, foregoing; earlier, former, preexistent; aforesaid, aforementioned,
anteriority, n.antecedence, precedence, precession, anteposition; priority, preference, preeminence; preexistence, previousness, earliness,
anteroom, n.1. antechamber, vestibule, lobby, foyer, parlor, locutorium; entranceway, entrance, nar-thex, propylaeum, propylon.
2. waiting room, lounge, reception room, outer room,
anthem, n.hymn, sacred song, psalm, song of joy, song of praise; paean, canticle, chant, plain song or plainchant, Music,
motet, Eccles.
antiphon, Eccles. responsory; chorus, chorale, Eccles.
offertory, Anglican Ch.
introit, recessional hymn,
anthology, n.collection, compendium, compilation, chrestomathy; digest, treasury, ana, collectanea, miscellany, album; garland, florilegium, spicilegium; selections, extracts, excerpta, citations, analects,
antic, n.1. Usu.
antics caper, frolic, lark, romp, spree, gambol, frisk; sport, fun, merrymaking, playing; fooling around, foolishness, silliness, foolery, tomfoolery, horseplay; clowning, clownery, clownishness; buffoonery, buffoonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade.
2. Usu.
antics prank, trick, joke, practical joke, Inf dido; mischief, Inf.shenanigans, SI.monkeyshines, SI. monkey business, escapade, adventure; prankishness, Inf.hanky-panky, Scot. and North Eng.
daffing.
-v. 3. caper, frolic, Inf.skylark, romp, lark, gambol, frisk; play, sport, make merry, have fun; fool around, SI.horse around, clown around, SI.cut up; play tricks, play pranks, make mischief,
anticipate, v. 1. foresee, foreglimpse, apprehend, antedate, foretaste; foreknow, precognize, preconceive, intuit; predict, foretell, forecast, prophesy.
2. expect, count on, reckon on, calculate upon, hope for, pin hope on; await, look forward to, look toward, look out for, watch out for, look for, SI.lick one's chops over.
3. nullify, prevent, preclude, obviate, forestall, intercept; beat to the draw, Inf.get the jump on.
4. contemplate, consider, think about, have in mind, envisage, envision.
anticipation, n.1. foretaste, Archaic, antepast, foreglimpse, foreglance, foregleam, prior realization; contemplation, envisagement, envisionment.
2. expectation, prospect, thought; hope, hopefulness, faith, trust; confidence, assurance, certainty.
3. presentiment, premonition, preapprehension, foreboding, previous notion, vague idea, feeling, Inf. funny feeling, Inf.hunch; intimation, hint, suggestion.
4. intuition, foreknowledge, foresight, forefeeling, prescience, precognition, prevision, second sight, sixth sense.
anticipative, adj.1. expectant, expecting, in expectation, anticipating, anticipatory; hopeful, optimistic, sanguine.
2. precognitive, precognoscent, presentient; foreseeing, foreboding, prescient, foreknowing,
anticlimax, n.1. descent, drop, decrease, deflation, comedown; bathos, banality, triteness, triviality, commonplaceness.
2. disappointment, disillusionment, disenchantment,