Instant Search
The instant search menu appears as soon as you start typing a sequence of characters in the headword search field. Antidote tries to help you by guessing what you’re looking for as you type, whether it’s a word, an expression, part of an expression or something else, and displays a list of suggestions. Click one of the suggestions to consult the corresponding entry in the dictionary. You can also press Enter or Return when the word you want is highlighted in the list.
Choose from three search modes—Matches, Contains and Anagrams—by clicking the corresponding title in blue at the top of the menu.
Matches
This search mode displays a list of suggestions similar to the search string.
Suggestions
Suggestions
The suggestions displayed (up to 10) are words that have a similar spelling to the sequence of characters entered in the search field. A preview of the definition appears under each word to help you choose.
- Words most closely matching the search string are displayed in green, and words from a personal dictionary in blue.
Click All results to open the search criteria panel and display a more complete list of results. For more details, see the Searching by Criteria section.
Choose from four search modes—Begins with, Contains, Ends with and Anagrams of—at the bottom of the menu, beneath the search results. You can switch between these modes by selecting the option of your choice.
Begins with
This mode opens the search criteria panel and displays a list of suggestions (up to 15) beginning with the search string.
Contains
This mode opens the search criteria panel and displays a list of suggestions (up to 15) containing the search string, regardless of where in the word it appears. Three buttons (abc—, —abc—, —abc) let you limit the search to words that start with, contain or end with the string.
Ends with
This mode opens the search criteria panel and displays a list of suggestions (up to 15) ending with the search string.
Anagrams of
This mode displays a list of anagrams formed with the sequence of characters entered in the search field. It may be divided into several sections, described below. Up to 10 results are displayed in each section.
This mode opens the search criteria panel and displays, by default, all anagrams formed with the sequence of characters entered in the search field. A selection of filters is displayed on the left, and these can be combined to yield anagrams that meet your exact requirements. Among these criteria, those that apply specifically to anagrams (displayed under anagrams) are described below.
Complete
This sectionClicking this option displays anagrams formed with all the letters in the search string.
Partial
This section displays anagrams formed with at least one letter fewer than the number of letters in the search string.
With added letters
This section displays anagrams formed with at least one more letter than the number of letters in the search string.
With substitutions
This sectionClicking this option displays anagrams formed when at least one letter in the search string is substituted for another.
With added and removed elements
Clicking this option displays anagrams formed with at least one letter more or at least one letter less than the number of letters in the search string.
All results
Click All results to open the search criteria panel and display a more complete list of results. For more details, see the Searching by Criteria section.