Productive prefix used in technical, political, and medical compounds to express opposition or counteraction.
Development of antiviral drugs is progressing.
A protest demonstration was held.
opposition; rivalry; competition
protest; objection
opposition; resistance; defiance; rebellion
antibiosis
conflict; strife; rivalry
antibody
antibacterial; antimicrobial
rivalry; struggle for supremacy; vying
antigen
resistance; fighting back; armed resistance
anti-Japanese; resistance against Japanese aggression
appeal; protest; complaint
protest; refutation; pleading
resist; defy; oppose
drag; fluid resistance · reaction force; normal force and friction
disobeying an order; insubordination
resistance; opposition
resistance; opposition
opposition; resistance
anti-German
protest; objection; remonstration
refutation; objection; counterargument
antimanic
T antigen; tumor antigen
From Middle Chinese 抗 (kɑŋH), meaning 'to resist' or 'to oppose'. Used as a prefix in modern Japanese compounds.