antidote
US/ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/
antidote noun: a remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
Noun
antidote (plural antidotes)
- A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
- She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
- Can'ſt thou not Miniſter to a minde diſeas'd, / Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, / And with ſome ſweet Obliuious Antidote / Cleanſe the ſtufft boſome, of that perillous ſtuffe / Which weighes vpon the heart?c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- mithridatic, alexipharmic, alexipharmac, alexipharmacum, alexiteric, alexitery, treacle, theriac
- Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
- We need an antidote for this misinformation.
- Synonyms:
- remedy
Verb
antidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted)
- To counteract as an antidote.
- Had she been less brilliantly efficient it might have ruined her business; had she been less impossibly absurd it would have spoiled her pleasure, but the two things simply antidoted one another.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy[…]2007, Suzanne C. Lawton, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Asperger syndrome: natural steps toward a better life, page 143
antidote meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
antidote in Hindi
- remedy to counteract a poison
- मारक mārak, प्रतिकारक pratikārak
antidote in Tamil
- remedy to counteract a poison
- மாற்றுமருந்து māṟṟumaruntu
antidote in Marathi
- antidote, antivenom
- विषघ्न viṣaghna
antidote in Urdu
- antidote, especially an antidote incorporating snakemeat to cure a snakebite
- تریاق tiryāq
- antidote
- اتار utār
More languagesFewer languages
- antidote in Telugu
- విరుగుడు viruguḍu, మందు mandu
- antidote in Malayalam
- മറുമരുന്ന്, വിഷസംഹാരി
- antidote in Kannada
- ಮರುಮದ್ದು, ವಿಷಹಾರಿ, ಪ್ರತಿವಿಷ, ನಂಜು ತಿನ್ನುವವನು
- antidote in Arabic
- تِرْيَاق tiryāq
- antidote in Malay
- antidot
- antidote in Indonesian
- antidot, antidotum
- antidote in Persian
- پادزهر pâdzahr
- antidote in Vietnamese
- chất giải độc
Examples of antidote in a sentence
- Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.
- It is the constant antidote to any temptation to laugh at Trump’s rants or gaffes.
- Here 'startuppy' is used as an antidote to reject ideas that sound too 'bureaucratic'.
Synonyms of antidote
Forms of antidote
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | antidotes |
| alternative form (obsolete) | antidot |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | antidotes |
| present participle | antidoting |
| past participle | antidoted |
| past | antidoted |
Origin of antidote
From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “antidote, remedy”), Clipping of ἀντίδοτον φάρμακον (antídoton phármakon, “drug given against”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Compare French antidote.
Words formed from antidote
Questions about antidote
- What does antidote mean?
- Antidote means a remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
- What is antidote in Hindi?
- Antidote in Hindi is मारक (mārak), प्रतिकारक (pratikārak). See Antidote meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is antidote?
- Antidote can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce antidote?
- Antidote is pronounced /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ (US).
- What is the plural of antidote?
- The plural of antidote is antidotes.
Words near antidote in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antidote (page history and authors); विषघ्न (Marathi) (page history and authors); اتار (Urdu) (page history and authors); మందు (Telugu) (page history and authors); antidote (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antidote (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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