ante

Questions about ante

What does ante mean?

ante means "(poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ante?

ante has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈænti/.

Is ante a common word?

ante is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ante?

2 words rhyme with ante. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.