anti-Semite

/ˌæntiˈsɛmaɪt/also/ˌæntaɪ-/UK/ˌæntiˈsiːmaɪt/

noun

Someone with anti-Semitic views.

Opposite

Meanings

nounanti-Semite (plural anti-Semites)

plural anti-Semites

  1. Someone with anti-Semitic views.

    Aw yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire Australian anti-Semite on horseback.

    2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO

    Antonyms: philo-Semite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone with anti-Semitic views.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivediscriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion

nounsomeone who hates and would persecute Jews

Similar
Jew-baiter
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Germanantisemitisch
  2. GermanAntisemit
  3. Englishanti-Semite

1881, from German Antisemit (coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879 as a scientific-sounding self-identification), from German antisemitisch (coined by Moritz Steinschneider in 1860), from anti- + semitisch

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مُعَادٍ لِلسَّامِيَّةِ
  • مُعَادٍ لِلسَّامِيَّةِ (muʕādin li-s-sāmiyyati)anti-Semite
Bulgarian антисеми́т, антисеми́тка
  • антисеми́т (antisemít)anti-Semite
  • антисеми́тка (antisemítka)anti-Semite
Catalan antisemita
  • antisemitaanti-Semite
Chinese Mandarin 反猶太 /反犹太, 反猶份子 /反犹份子
  • 反猶太 /反犹太 (fǎn-Yóutài)anti-Semite
  • 反猶份子 /反犹份子 (fǎn-Yóu-fènzǐ)anti-Semite
Czech antisemita
  • antisemitaanti-Semite
Danish antisemit
  • antisemitanti-Semite
Dutch antisemiet
  • antisemietanti-Semite
Esperanto antisemito
  • antisemitoanti-Semite
Estonian antisemiit
  • antisemiitanti-Semite
Finnish antisemitisti
  • antisemitistianti-Semite
French antisémite
  • antisémiteanti-Semite
German Antisemit, Antisemitin
  • Antisemitanti-Semite
  • Antisemitinanti-Semite
  • Judenfeindanti-Semite
  • Judenfeindinanti-Semite
  • Judenhasseranti-Semite
  • Judenhasserinanti-Semite
Greek αντισημίτης, αντισημίτρια
  • αντισημίτης (antisimítis)anti-Semite
  • αντισημίτρια (antisimítria)anti-Semite
Hebrew אנטישמי, אנטישמית
  • אנטישמי (antishémi)anti-Semite
  • אנטישמית (antishémit)anti-Semite
Hungarian antiszemita
  • antiszemitaanti-Semite
Italian antisemita
  • antisemitaanti-Semite
Japanese 反ユダヤ主義者
  • 反ユダヤ主義者 (han-Yudaya-shugisha)anti-Semite
Korean 반유대주의자
  • 반유대주의자 (banyudaejuuija)anti-Semite
Latvian antisemīts, antisemīte
  • antisemītsanti-Semite
  • antisemīteanti-Semite
Lithuanian antisemitas, antisemitė
  • antisemitasanti-Semite
  • antisemitėanti-Semite
Norwegian Bokmål antisemitt, jødehater
  • antisemittanti-Semite
  • jødehateranti-Semite
Polish antysemita, antysemitka
  • antysemitaanti-Semite
  • antysemitkaanti-Semite
Portuguese antissemita
  • antissemitaanti-Semite
Romanian antisemit, antisemită
  • antisemitanti-Semite
  • antisemităanti-Semite
Russian антисеми́т, антисеми́тка
  • антисеми́т (antisemít)anti-Semite
  • антисеми́тка (antisemítka)anti-Semite
  • юдофо́б (judofób)anti-Semite
Slovak antisemita, antisemitka
  • antisemitaanti-Semite
  • antisemitkaanti-Semite
Spanish antisemita
  • antisemitaanti-Semite
Swedish antisemit
  • antisemitanti-Semite
Ukrainian антисемі́т, антисемі́тка
  • антисемі́т (antysemít)anti-Semite
  • антисемі́тка (antysemítka)anti-Semite
Yiddish אַנטיסעמיט, שׂונא־ישׂראל
  • אַנטיסעמיט (antisemit)anti-Semite
  • שׂונא־ישׂראל (soyne-yisroel)anti-Semite
Cite this entry
APA

anti-Semite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Semite

MLA

“anti-Semite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Semite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-Semite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Semite.

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