anti-vax

adjective

an·​ti-vax

ˌan-tē-ˈvaks, 

ˌan-ˌtī- 

variants or less commonly antivax

: anti-vaccination

Aggressive anti-vax campaigns claiming that vaccines are unsafe and can lead to autism—a theory long disproven—drive much of the vaccine hesitancy worldwide.

—Lily Hyde

The governor, who works hard to straddle the line between being antivax and merely being the friend of the anti-vaxxers, didn't mention the word "vaccine" in his address …

—News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida)

Examples of anti-vax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, a representative for Neeson denies that the Naked Gun star is anti-vax in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. —Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025

Well, look, this is – the ACIP, by and large, except for a handful of members, are anti-vax activists who were put there to carry out a specific agenda. —CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025

Yet despite the success of COVID vaccines, the pandemic also coincided with an increase in vaccine hesitancy or distrust worldwide, fueled in part by anti-vax activism. —Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

Poor kids will be hardest hit by Robert F. Kennedy's anti-vax crusade. —Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-vax

• almanacs
• carrybacks
• haversacks
• lumberjacks
• maniacs
• microcracks
• minimax
• paperbacks
• parallax
• quarterbacks
• sticklebacks
• telefax