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amnesic

/æmˈniːsɪk/

amnesic adjective: of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.

Adjective

amnesic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
    • amnesic patients
    • amnesic medications
    Synonyms:
    amnestic, amnestical

Noun

amnesic (plural amnesics)

  1. (dated) A person with amnesia.
    Synonyms:
    amnesiac, amnestic
    Antonyms:
    nonamnesic
  2. A medication with amnesic effects.
    • Near-synonyms: nepenthes, nepenthe (archaic, literary)

amnesic meaning in Tamil and Kannada

amnesic in Tamil

மறதிநோயர், மறதிபிணியர்

amnesic in Kannada

ನೆನಮರವಿನ

Synonyms of amnesic

Antonyms

Forms of amnesic

pluralamnesics

Origin of amnesic

From amnesia + -ic.

Words formed from amnesic

Questions about amnesic

What does amnesic mean?
Amnesic means of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
What is amnesic in Tamil?
Amnesic in Tamil is மறதிநோயர், மறதிபிணியர். See Amnesic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amnesic?
Amnesic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce amnesic?
Amnesic is pronounced /æmˈniːsɪk/.

Words near amnesic in the dictionary

  1. amnemonic
  2. amnesia
  3. amnesiac
  4. amnesiacs
  5. amnesias
  6. amnesic
  7. amnesically
  8. amnesics
  9. amnesiogenic
  10. amnesiæ
  11. amnestiable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amnesic (page history and authors); amnesic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amnesic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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