All ante synonyms
anΒ·te
A a noun ante
- pay β to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- pot β a deep hole; pit.
- stake β something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- price β Bruce, 1845β1903, U.S. architect.
- bet β If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
- wager β something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- payment β something that is paid; an amount paid; compensation; recompense.
- chance β If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
adverb ante
- afore β before
- onwards β toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- vanward β in or towards the front
- in front β the foremost part or surface of anything.
- alee β on or towards the lee
- aforetime β formerly
- previously β coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- long ago β of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- one-shot β a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
- anteriorly β in an anterior position
- before β If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- hitherto β up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- to the fore β situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- at one time β If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.
- in advance β to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- time was β there was a time
preposition ante
- in front of β the foremost part or surface of anything.
adjective ante
- beforehand β If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
verb ante
- piggyback β on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pour it on β to flatter profusely
- gaming β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- anted β Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- lay odds β To offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
- lay down β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- flesh out β the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- run up β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- speed up β an increasing of speed.
- charge up β to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- pony up β a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14Β½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- jazz up β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- soup up β a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- play for β sport: represent, be on the side of
- souped up β a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- add β ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- jack up β an increase or rise: a recent jack-up in prices.
- put money on β to place a bet on
- toss up β to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastebasket.
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- cue in β to add (dialogue, music, etc.) at a particular point in a script