anti-strophe

an·ti-stro·phe

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [an-tahy, an-tee stroh-fee]
- /ˈæn taɪ, ˈæn ti ˈstroʊ fi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [an-tahy, an-tee stroh-fee]
- /ˈæn taɪ, ˈæn ti ˈstroʊ fi/

Definitions of anti-strophe word

noun anti-strophe the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right. 1
noun anti-strophe the movement performed by the chorus while singing an antistrophe. 1
noun anti-strophe Prosody. the second of two metrically corresponding systems in a poem. Compare strophe (def 3). 1

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Origin of anti-strophe

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

1540-50; < Greek: a turning about. See anti-, strophe

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Parts of speech for Anti-strophe

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Anti-strophe

anti-strophe popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for anti-strophe

noun anti-strophe

allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.

All 44 Synonyms of anti-strophe