Index of English words, starting with "an"

(1) - Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

(1) - Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.