ana-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.
Senses: examples: e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph
glosses: up, above, upward
examples: e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic
glosses: again
examples: e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase
glosses: backward in direction, reversed
examples: e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy
glosses: thoroughly
examples: e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin
glosses: against
examples: e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic
glosses: distal, away from
examples: e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch
glosses: to grow or change in place; functionally similar
Synonyms: sense: up
word: supra-
sense: again
word: re-
sense: reversed
word: un-
sense: thoroughly
word: per-
sense: thoroughly
word: pur-
sense: against
word: contra-
sense: against
word: counter-
word: disto-
word: extra-
sense: functionally similar
word: quasi-
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from ana- relating to up, above
word: anafront
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to up, above
word: anaglyph
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to up, above
word: anagogy
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to up, above
word: anascopic
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to again
word: Anabaptist
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to again
word: analogy
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to again
word: anamorphism
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to again
word: anastatic
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to again
word: anataxis
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anabiosis
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anacampylotropous
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anadrome
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anagram
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: analeptic
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: ananym
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anaplasia
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anatropous
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
word: anatropy
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to thoroughly
word: analects
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to thoroughly
word: analysis
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to thoroughly
word: analyte
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to thoroughly
word: anatomy
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to against
word: anachronism
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to against
word: anafunctor
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to against
word: anamodernism
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to against
word: anatoxin
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to distal
word: anacolpate
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to distal
word: anagalactic
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to distal
word: analept
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to distal
word: anaporate
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to distal
word: anaseismic
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to distal
word: anatreme
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: anabranch
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: anabranching
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: anacladogenesis
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: anagen
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: anagenesis
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: analogous
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: anaprotaspis
sense: terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
word: isoanabase