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antidote

an·ti·dote
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [an-ti-doht]
    • /ˈæn tɪˌdoʊt/
    • /ˈæn.ti.dəʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ti-doht]
    • /ˈæn tɪˌdoʊt/

Definitions of antidote word

  • countable noun antidote An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison. 3
  • countable noun antidote Something that is an antidote to a difficult or unpleasant situation helps you to overcome the situation. 3
  • noun antidote a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison 3
  • noun antidote anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy 3
  • noun antidote a remedy to counteract a poison 3
  • noun antidote anything that works against an evil or unwanted condition 3

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Origin of antidote

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin antidotum < Greek antídoton something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equivalent to anti- anti- + dotón neuter of dotós given, verbid of didónai to give; akin to datum

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Parts of speech for Antidote

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

antidote popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

antidote usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for antidote

noun antidote

  • remedy — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
  • cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
  • corrective — Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong.
  • medicine — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.
  • antitoxin — an antibody that neutralizes a toxin

Antonyms for antidote

noun antidote

  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • poison — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.

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