antidote
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antidote
- /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun antidotes · antidot
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A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
Similar: mithridatic, alexipharmic, alexipharmac, alexipharmacum, alexiteric, alexitery, treacle, theriac
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Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
We need an antidote for this misinformation.
Similar: remedy
verb antidotes · antidoting · antidoted · antidot
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: counterpoison, alexipharmic, panacea, medicine, counteractant, cure, remedy, antitoxin, antiserum, antivenom, countermeasure, curative, elixir, restorative, counteragent, corrective
Translations
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noun remedy to counteract a poison
| Español | antídoto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 해독제 haedokje, 해독약 haedogyak |
| 日本語 | 解毒剤 gedokuzai, 解毒薬 gedokuyaku |
| 中文 | 解藥 /解药 jiěyào, 解毒藥 /解毒药 jiědúyào, 解毒劑 /解毒剂 jiědújì |
| हिन्दी | मारक mārak, प्रतिकारक pratikārak |
| Português | antídoto |
| Français | antidote, contrepoison, alexipharmaque, thériaque |
| Deutsch | Gegenmittel, Gegengift |
| Italiano | antidoto |
| Ελληνικά | αντίδοτο antídoto |
| Русский | противоя́дие protivojádije, антидо́т antidót |
| Tiếng Việt | chất giải độc |
| العربية | تِرْيَاق tiryāq |
noun something that counteracts
| Español | antidoto |
|---|---|
| Português | antídoto |
| Deutsch | Gegenmittel |
| Ελληνικά | αντίδοτο antídoto |
verb to counteract as an antidote
| Português | antidotar |
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Talk about this word "antidote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/antidote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. antidote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/antidote "antidote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/antidote.Cite this
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title = {antidote},
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