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All laxative synonyms

lax·a·tive
L l

noun laxative

  • cathartic — Something that is cathartic has the effect of catharsis.
  • purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
  • purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
  • emetic — (of a substance) causing vomiting.
  • aperient — laxative

adjective laxative

  • evacuant — A medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, such as an emetic, a sudorific, or especially a laxative.
  • lustral — of, relating to, or employed in the lustrum, or rite of purification.
  • purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
  • evacuative — That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.
  • purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  • cathartical — Cathartic.
  • lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
  • aperitive — aperient.
  • cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
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