Meanings
- not comparablelawOpposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.
2 more examples
If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878, archived from the original on 18 May 2020When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.
2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishtrust
- Englishantitrust
Translations
Arabic مكافحة الاحتكار
- مكافحة الاحتكار (mukāfaḥa al-iḥtikār)opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Catalan antimonopolista
- antimonopolistaopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Chinese Mandarin 反托拉斯的, 反壟斷的 /反垄断的
- 反托拉斯的 (fǎn tuōlāsī de)opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- 反壟斷的 /反垄断的 (fǎn lǒngduàn de)opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Czech antimonopolní, protimonopolní
- antimonopolníopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- protimonopolníopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Finnish kartellien vastainen
- kartellien vastainenopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
French antitrust, antimonopole
- antitrustopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- antimonopoleopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- antimonopolistiqueopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Greek αντιτράστ
- αντιτράστ (antitrást)opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Indonesian antimonopoli
- antimonopoliopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Italian antimonopolio, antitrust
- antimonopolioopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- antitrustopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Malay antitras
- antitrasopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Polish antymonopolowy
- antymonopolowyopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Portuguese antitruste, antitrust
- antitrusteopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- antitrustopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Spanish antimonopolio, antimonopolista
- antimonopolioopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
- antimonopolistaopposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts
Cite this entry
antitrust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitrust
“antitrust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitrust. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antitrust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitrust.
Source: antitrust on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.