9 Letter Words for Anapestic
anapestic, antapices, antispace, panaceist
8 Letter Words for Anapestic
capetian, capitans, captains, estancia, pastance, sinapate
7 Letter Words for Anapestic
acetins, anapest, anisate, ascitan, aseptic, canapes, caniest, capitan, capsian, capstan, captain, captans, casinet, caspian, castane, catenas, catnaps, catneps, catnips, cineast, ectasia, entasia, incepts, inscape, insecta, inspect, paciest, paesani, panctia, panisca, panties, pastina, patinas, patines, peasant, pectins, peincts, peisant, pianeta, picante, pinaces, pinatas, pincase, sanctae, sapient, satanic, sciaena, spicant, spicate, spinate, taipans
6 Letter Words for Anapestic
acates, acetin, actias, actine, actins, anapes, anepia, anetic, ansate, antiae, antica, antics, apaise, apneas, apneic, ascape, ascent, ascian, ascite, aspace, aspect, aspine, canape, capias, capita, capite, captan, casate, casein, casina, casita, casten, catena, catnap, catnep, catnip, centai, centas, cistae, enacts, enatic, encist, eniacs, epacts, espana, incast, incept, incest, insect, instep, istana, nastic, natica, nepits, nicest, pacane, pacate, paeans, paesan, paints, paisan, panace, pances, panics, panisc, pansit, pantas, pantie, pastie, patens, patesi, patina, patine, patins, patise, pecans, pectin, peinct, pesant, petsai, pianet, pietas, pinata, pineta, pintas, pisaca, ptisan, saance, sacate, sainte, saipan, sancai, satine, scient, secant, seitan, sepian, septan, septic, spicae, spinae, spinet, stance, stenia, tacans, taipan, tanica, tenias, tineas, tisane
5 Letter Words for Anapestic
acast, acate, aceta, acies, acnes, actin, aecia, ainas, anise, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antic, antis, apace, apast, apian, apnea, ascan, asian, aspca, aspen, aspic, ataps, cains, canap, canes, canis, canst, cants, capas, capes, capsa, caste, catan, cates, ceint, centi, cents, cesta, cesti, cetin, cines, cista, cites, csnet, enact, enapt, encia, eniac, enpia, entia, entsi, epact, epics, epist, etnas, inact, inapt, incas, inept, insea, insep, inset, isaac, naias, napas, napea, napes, nasat, nates, neaps, neats, necia, neist, nepit, niata, niepa, nipas, pacas, paces, pacta, pacts, paean, paine, pains, paint, paisa, paise, pance, panes, panic, panse, pants, pasan, pasta, paste, patas, paten, pates, patia, patin, peans, peats, pecan, penis, penta, pents, petas, pians, picas, picea, piest, pieta, piets, pinas, pines, pinta, pinte, pints, piste, pitas, saice, saine, saint, sanai, sanct, sanit, santa, sapan, sapin, sapit, satai, satan, satin, scant, scapa, scape, scapi, sceat, scena, scent, scian, senit, senti, sepia, sepic, septa, siena, sient, since, snape, sneap, snipe, snite, space, spain, spait, spane, spate, spean, speat, spect, spent, spica, spice, spina, spine, spite, staia, stain, stane, stean, stein, stine, stipa, stipe, tacan, taces, tains, taise, tanas, tania, tapas, tapen, tapes, tapia, tapis, tenai, tenia, tepas, tices, tiens, tinca, tinea, tines, tsine
4 Letter Words for Anapestic
aces, acne, acpt, acta, acts, aias, aina, aine, ains, aint, aits, anas, anat, ance, anes, anet, anis, ansa, ansi, anta, ante, anti, ants, apes, apia, apis, apse, apts, asap, asci, asea, asia, asin, asta, atap, ates, atip, atis, cain, cane, cans, cant, capa, cape, capi, caps, capt, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cens, cent, cepa, ceps, cest, ceti, cine, cist, cite, cits, eans, east, eats, epic, epit, esca, etas, etic, etna, iaea, ices, inca, insp, inst, inta, ipse, isnt, itas, nace, nais, napa, nape, naps, nasa, nasi, nast, nats, neap, neat, nepa, neps, nest, neti, nets, nice, nies, nipa, nips, nist, nits, nsec, paas, paca, pace, pacs, pact, pain, pais, pana, pane, pans, pant, pase, pasi, past, pata, pate, pats, peai, pean, peas, peat, pecs, peni, pens, pent, pesa, pest, peta, pets, pian, pias, pica, pice, pics, pict, pien, pies, piet, pina, pine, pins, pint, pisa, pise, pist, pita, pits, pnce, psec, psia, saic, sain, saip, sana, sane, sant, sapa, sata, sate, sati, scan, scap, scat, scet, sean, seat, sect, seit, sena, sent, sepn, sept, seta, sian, sice, sien, sina, sine, sipe, sita, site, snap, snip, snit, spae, span, spat, spec, spet, spic, spie, spin, spit, stap, sten, step, stie, tace, taen, tain, tais, tana, tane, tans, tapa, tape, taps, tean, teap, teas, teca, tens, tepa, tice, tics, tien, ties, tinc, tine, tins, tipe, tips, tsia
3 Letter Words for Anapestic
aas, ace, act, aes, aia, ain, ais, ait, ana, anc, ane, ans, ant, apa, apc, ape, apt, ase, asp, ast, ate, atp, cai, can, cap, cat, cen, cep, cia, cie, cis, cit, cns, cpa, cpi, cps, cpt, csi, csp, cst, cte, ctn, cts, ean, eas, eat, ect, enc, ens, epa, epi, esc, esp, est, eta, etc, iaa, ice, inc, ins, int, ips, ise, isn, ist, ita, its, naa, nae, nap, nas, nat, nea, nei, nep, net, nie, nip, nis, nit, pac, pan, pas, pat, pci, pct, pea, pec, pen, pes, pet, pia, pic, pie, pin, pis, pit, psi, pst, pta, pte, pts, saa, sac, sai, san, sap, sat, sci, sct, sea, sec, sei, sen, sep, set, sic, sie, sin, sip, sit, spa, spt, sta, taa, tai, tan, tap, tas, tcp, tea, tec, ten, tes, tic, tie, tin, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tsi, tsp
Definitions for Anapestic
[1] a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
Words related to Anapestic
anapestdramatic, elegiac, epic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, romantic, tuneful, metrical, rhythmical, dactylic, epical, iambic, odic
Words nearby Anapestic
anapestananias, anankastic personality, ananke, ananthous, anapaest, anapest, anaphase, anaphia, anaphora, anaphoresis, anaphoria
Origin of Anapestic
1580–90; < Latin anapaestus < Greek anápaistos struck back, reversed (as compared with a dactyl), equivalent to ana- ana- + pais- (variant stem of paíein to strike) + -tos past participle suffix
Other words from Anapestic
an·a·pes·tic , an·a·paes·tic , adjective
an·a·pes·ti·cal·ly , an·a·paes·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Anapestic
dactylic, dramatic, elegiac, epic, epical, epodic, iambic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, metrical, odic, rhythmical, romantic, songlike, tuneful