anthony

1. 1.

   Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

   SynonymsAntonyMark AntonyMark AnthonyAntoniusMarcus Antonius

   Broadergeneral
2. 2.

   United States suffragist (1820-1906)

   SynonymsSusan AnthonySusan B. AnthonySusan Brownell Anthony

   Broadersuffragist

Other forms of anthony

plural

anthonies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anthony

What does anthony mean?

anthony means "Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anthony?

anthony has 3 syllables: an-tho-ny. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈænθəni/.

What is another word for anthony?

Close synonyms include Antony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anthony a common word?

anthony is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.