Antony and cleopatra
a tragedy (1606–07?) by Shakespeare.
A tragedy by William Shakespeare. It dramatizes the grand but ill-fated love of the Roman general Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt.
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Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer. David (Eugene) 1926–1996, U.S. pianist and composer. Mary, . a member of the royal family that ruled in England from 1485 to 1603. pertaining or belonging to the English royal house of Tudor. of, relating to, or characteristic of the periods of the reigns of the Tudor sovereigns: Tudor […]
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a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare (def 1). Historical Examples Logically the other side of white is not white, while the antonym is the extreme black. Public Speaking Clarence Stratton By and by, which was once a synonym, has become an antonym of immediately, meaning at some […]
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- Antonymic
a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare (def 1). noun a word that means the opposite of another word: “empty” is an antonym of “full” n. 1867, coined to serve as opposite of synonym, from Greek anti- “equal to, instead of, opposite” (see anti-) + -onym “name” (see […]