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Is anterior a Scrabble UK word?

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8-letter words (1 found)

ANTERIOR,

7-letter words (6 found)

NOTAIRE,ORNATER,OTARINE,RETRAIN,TERRAIN,TRAINER,

6-letter words (20 found)

AROINT,ARTIER,ATONER,ERRANT,IRATER,IRONER,NORITE,OARIER,OATIER,ORIENT,ORNATE,RANTER,RATINE,RATION,RETAIN,RETINA,RETORN,RIOTER,ROARIE,TONIER,

5-letter words (48 found)

AIRER,ANTRE,ARIOT,ARRET,ATONE,EARNT,ENTIA,INERT,INTER,INTRA,INTRO,IRATE,IRONE,NARRE,NITER,NITRE,NITRO,NORIA,NOTER,OATEN,OATER,ORANT,ORATE,RAINE,RATER,RATIO,RERAN,RETIA,RETRO,RIANT,ROATE,RONTE,RORIE,ROTAN,TARRE,TENIA,TENOR,TERAI,TERRA,TINEA,TONER,TORAN,TRAIN,TRIER,TRINE,TRIOR,TRONA,TRONE,

4-letter words (82 found)

AEON,AERO,AINE,AIRN,AIRT,ANTE,ANTI,ARET,ARTI,EARN,EINA,EOAN,ETNA,INRO,INTO,IOTA,IRON,NAOI,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,NITE,NOIR,NORI,NOTA,NOTE,OINT,ONER,ONIE,ORRA,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RARE,RATE,RATO,REAN,REAR,REIN,RENO,RENT,RINE,RIOT,RITE,ROAN,ROAR,ROIN,RONE,RONT,RORE,RORT,ROTA,ROTE,ROTI,TAIN,TANE,TARE,TARN,TARO,TEAR,TEIN,TERN,TIAN,TIAR,TIER,TINA,TINE,TIRE,TIRO,TIRR,TOEA,TONE,TORA,TORE,TORI,TORN,TORR,TRIE,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,

3-letter words (57 found)

AIN,AIR,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAN,EAR,EAT,EON,ERA,ERN,ERR,ETA,ION,IRE,ITA,NAE,NAT,NET,NIE,NIT,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,ONE,ORA,ORE,ORT,RAI,RAN,RAT,REI,REN,REO,RET,RIA,RIN,RIT,ROE,ROT,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAR,TEA,TEN,TIE,TIN,TOE,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (24 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,IN,IO,IT,NA,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,TA,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 239 words from anterior according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of anterior

anterior

Alternative forms

  • anteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
    1. (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
    2. (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
  3. (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:former

Antonyms

  • posterior

Coordinate terms

  • (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]

Derived terms

Related terms

  • auricularis anterior
  • past anterior

Translations

References

  • “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “anterior”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • eritoran, erration, rationer

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ən.tə.ɾiˈor]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ən.tə.ɾiˈo]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [an.te.ɾiˈoɾ]

Adjective

anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)

  1. anterior (before; preceding)
  2. previous
  3. (phonetics, phonology) front

Synonyms

  • previ

Antonyms

  • posterior

Derived terms

  • anterioritat
  • anteriorment
  • quasianterior

Further reading

  • “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “anterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Adjective

anterior m or f (plural anteriores)

  1. anterior, previous
    Synonyms: precedente, previo
    Antonym: posterior
  2. (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)
    Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

  • anterioridade
  • anteriormente

Further reading

  • “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈteːʁioːɐ̯/
  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or

Adjective

anterior (strong nominative masculine singular anteriorer, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) anterior

Declension

Further reading

  • “anterior” in Duden online
  • “anterior” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]

Adjective

anterior (neuter anterius); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. That is before, more forward, foremost; (of time) former, previous; anterior.

Inflection

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Related terms

  • anterius (adverb)

Descendants

References

  • “anterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or

Adjective

anterior m or f (plural anteriores)

  1. anterior
  2. previous, preceding

Derived terms

  • anterioridade
  • anteriormente

Further reading

  • “anterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.te.riˈor/

Adjective

anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)

  1. previous
    Synonym: precedent
    Antonym: următor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anteˈɾjoɾ/ [ãn̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: an‧te‧rior

Adjective

anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriores)

  1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past
    Synonym: previo
    Antonym: posterior
  2. anterior (in space)
    Synonyms: delantero, frontal
    Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “anterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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