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The anti- prefix means against or not.
antiwar --> against war antisocial --> not social antinuclear --> against the use of nuclear power antidote --> against a poison or sickness antibacterial --> against bacteria antifreeze --> protects against freezing
nonfiction --> not fiction nonsense --> does not make sense nonstop --> without stopping nonverbal --> without words nonliving --> not living nonlocal --> not local
Multiple Meanings
Many words can have more than one meaning. Consider the word light. Light can refer to weight (as in "The package was light.") or it can refer to an appliance (as in "Would you please turn on the light.") or it can refer to the color of something (as in "She had light brown hair."). Here are some more words with multiple meanings.
yard: the area next to a building or house three feet play: to fool around and have fun a skit or theatrical production
charge: as in an electrical charge as in running toward someone or something as in paying for something with a credit card poles: as in the North Pole and the South Pole as in thin sticks of wood or metal which hold up a tent roll: as in a round object traveling down a hill as in a bread-like food item