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Near Antonyms
-ee
noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
  • person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
  • person that performs (a specified action) //escapee
noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • one associated with //bargee
  • a particular especially small kind of //bootee
  • one resembling or suggestive of //goatee
History and Etymology
Noun Suffix (1)
Middle English -e, from Anglo-French , from , past participle ending, from Latin -atus
Noun Suffix (2)
probably alteration of -y
eigh​teen
noun
eigh·​teen
(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

Other Words
  • eighteen adjective
  • eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
  • eigh​teenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten
elev​en
noun
elev·​en
i-ˈle-vən

Definition

  • a number that is one more than 10
    — see Table of Numbers
  • the 11th in a set or series
  • something having 11 units or members
    especially a football team
Other Words
  • eleven adjective
  • eleven pronoun, plural in construction
  • elev​enth i-ˈle-vən(t)th adjective or noun
Examples
  • //I got home last night at eleven.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end- (alteration of ān one) + -leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend — more at one, loan
el​o​quent
adjective
el·​o·​quent
ˈe-lə-kwənt

Definition

  • marked by forceful and fluent expression //an eloquent preacher
  • vividly or movingly expressive or revealing //an eloquent monument
Other Words
  • el​o​quent​ly adverb
Examples
  • //His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
  • //an eloquent writer and speaker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the founders of the women's rights movement
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin ēloquent-, ēloquens "capable of speech, expressing oneself fluently," from present participle of ēloquī "to utter, put into words," from ē- e- entry 1 + loquī "to talk, speak," probably going back to dialectal Indo-European *tlokw- "talk," whence also Old Irish ad-tluichethar "(s/he) gives thanks" (originally with buide "thanks" as object, as in atluchedar buidi do Día "he thanks God"), do-tluichethar "(s/he) desires, beseeches, asks," Old Church Slavic tlŭk "interpreter" (from *tl̥kw-o-)
eloquent
adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

-ee
noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
  • person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
  • person that performs (a specified action) //escapee
noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • one associated with //bargee
  • a particular especially small kind of //bootee
  • one resembling or suggestive of //goatee
History and Etymology
Noun Suffix (1)
Middle English -e, from Anglo-French , from , past participle ending, from Latin -atus
Noun Suffix (2)
probably alteration of -y
eigh​teen
noun
eigh·​teen
(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

Other Words
  • eighteen adjective
  • eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
  • eigh​teenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten
elev​en
noun
elev·​en
i-ˈle-vən

Definition

  • a number that is one more than 10
    — see Table of Numbers
  • the 11th in a set or series
  • something having 11 units or members
    especially a football team
Other Words
  • eleven adjective
  • eleven pronoun, plural in construction
  • elev​enth i-ˈle-vən(t)th adjective or noun
Examples
  • //I got home last night at eleven.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end- (alteration of ān one) + -leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend — more at one, loan
el​o​quent
adjective
el·​o·​quent
ˈe-lə-kwənt

Definition

  • marked by forceful and fluent expression //an eloquent preacher
  • vividly or movingly expressive or revealing //an eloquent monument
Other Words
  • el​o​quent​ly adverb
Examples
  • //His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
  • //an eloquent writer and speaker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the founders of the women's rights movement
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin ēloquent-, ēloquens "capable of speech, expressing oneself fluently," from present participle of ēloquī "to utter, put into words," from ē- e- entry 1 + loquī "to talk, speak," probably going back to dialectal Indo-European *tlokw- "talk," whence also Old Irish ad-tluichethar "(s/he) gives thanks" (originally with buide "thanks" as object, as in atluchedar buidi do Día "he thanks God"), do-tluichethar "(s/he) desires, beseeches, asks," Old Church Slavic tlŭk "interpreter" (from *tl̥kw-o-)
eloquent
adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

-ee
noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
  • person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
  • person that performs (a specified action) //escapee
noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • one associated with //bargee
  • a particular especially small kind of //bootee
  • one resembling or suggestive of //goatee
History and Etymology
Noun Suffix (1)
Middle English -e, from Anglo-French , from , past participle ending, from Latin -atus
Noun Suffix (2)
probably alteration of -y
eigh​teen
noun
eigh·​teen
(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

Other Words
  • eighteen adjective
  • eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
  • eigh​teenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten
elev​en
noun
elev·​en
i-ˈle-vən

Definition

  • a number that is one more than 10
    — see Table of Numbers
  • the 11th in a set or series
  • something having 11 units or members
    especially a football team
Other Words
  • eleven adjective
  • eleven pronoun, plural in construction
  • elev​enth i-ˈle-vən(t)th adjective or noun
Examples
  • //I got home last night at eleven.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end- (alteration of ān one) + -leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend — more at one, loan
el​o​quent
adjective
el·​o·​quent
ˈe-lə-kwənt

Definition

  • marked by forceful and fluent expression //an eloquent preacher
  • vividly or movingly expressive or revealing //an eloquent monument
Other Words
  • el​o​quent​ly adverb
Examples
  • //His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
  • //an eloquent writer and speaker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the founders of the women's rights movement
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin ēloquent-, ēloquens "capable of speech, expressing oneself fluently," from present participle of ēloquī "to utter, put into words," from ē- e- entry 1 + loquī "to talk, speak," probably going back to dialectal Indo-European *tlokw- "talk," whence also Old Irish ad-tluichethar "(s/he) gives thanks" (originally with buide "thanks" as object, as in atluchedar buidi do Día "he thanks God"), do-tluichethar "(s/he) desires, beseeches, asks," Old Church Slavic tlŭk "interpreter" (from *tl̥kw-o-)
eloquent
adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

-ee
noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
  • person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
  • person that performs (a specified action) //escapee
noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • one associated with //bargee
  • a particular especially small kind of //bootee
  • one resembling or suggestive of //goatee
History and Etymology
Noun Suffix (1)
Middle English -e, from Anglo-French , from , past participle ending, from Latin -atus
Noun Suffix (2)
probably alteration of -y
eigh​teen
noun
eigh·​teen
(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

Other Words
  • eighteen adjective
  • eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
  • eigh​teenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten
elev​en
noun
elev·​en
i-ˈle-vən

Definition

  • a number that is one more than 10
    — see Table of Numbers
  • the 11th in a set or series
  • something having 11 units or members
    especially a football team
Other Words
  • eleven adjective
  • eleven pronoun, plural in construction
  • elev​enth i-ˈle-vən(t)th adjective or noun
Examples
  • //I got home last night at eleven.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end- (alteration of ān one) + -leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend — more at one, loan
el​o​quent
adjective
el·​o·​quent
ˈe-lə-kwənt

Definition

  • marked by forceful and fluent expression //an eloquent preacher
  • vividly or movingly expressive or revealing //an eloquent monument
Other Words
  • el​o​quent​ly adverb
Examples
  • //His success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
  • //an eloquent writer and speaker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the founders of the women's rights movement
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin ēloquent-, ēloquens "capable of speech, expressing oneself fluently," from present participle of ēloquī "to utter, put into words," from ē- e- entry 1 + loquī "to talk, speak," probably going back to dialectal Indo-European *tlokw- "talk," whence also Old Irish ad-tluichethar "(s/he) gives thanks" (originally with buide "thanks" as object, as in atluchedar buidi do Día "he thanks God"), do-tluichethar "(s/he) desires, beseeches, asks," Old Church Slavic tlŭk "interpreter" (from *tl̥kw-o-)
eloquent
adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms