antlet

A1N1T1L1E1T1

noun

A small immature ant; an antling.

Scrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounantlet (plural antlets)

plural antlets

  1. A small immature ant; an antling.

    […] if any one of the antlets wanted to come out of his silken covering he could be helped to cut his way through […]

    1903, Agnes Warner McClelland Daulton, Wings and Stings, page 107
    1 more example

    I wondered whether ants found it necessary to hold classes of instruction for all upcoming antlets in order to maintain their organized and busy mound-building society.

    1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills, page 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
antling

Origin

From ant + -let.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

talentlatentlattentantle
Cite this entry
APA

antlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antlet

MLA

“antlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antlet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antlet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antlet.

Source: antlet on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.