antidote
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.
to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.
Origin of antidote
1Other words from antidote
- an·ti·dot·al, an·ti·dot·i·cal [an-ti-dot-i-kuhl], /ˌæn tɪˈdɒt ɪ kəl/, adjective
- an·ti·dot·al·ly, an·ti·dot·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with antidote
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How to use antidote in a sentence
The antidote to burnout isn’t necessarily working fewer hours—it’s being fully present for what matters most to you, both in your work life and personal life.
Laughter’s kind of like an antidote to stress, which weakens these systems and increases vulnerability to diseases.
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The venture, while tiny, has gained traction as an antidote to state censorship of online information sources, especially as some governments clamped down amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Your letters would be antidotal, and thus, by a sort of mental allopathy, beneficial.
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The knowledg of these antidotal Herbs they have learned from the Mounggoutia a kind of Ferret.
Its juices were said to be antidotal to snake poisoning, and would also cure the opium habit.
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British Dictionary definitions for antidote
/ (ˈæntɪˌdəʊt) /
med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison
anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy
Origin of antidote
1Derived forms of antidote
- antidotal, adjective
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Scientific definitions for antidote
[ ăn′tĭ-dōt′ ]
A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.
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