Synonyms for antidote
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : an-ti-doht |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn tɪˌdoʊt |
Top 10 synonyms for antidote
Définition of antidote
Origin :- "remedy counteracting poison," 1510s (earlier in English as a Latin word), from Middle French antidot and directly from Latin antidotum "a remedy against poison," from Greek antidoton "given as a remedy," literally "given against," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Cf. Middle English antidotarie "treatise on drugs or medicines" (c.1400).
- noun counteracting agent
- I only wished that my mother had been present to receive an antidote to Mrs. Coates.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Before she slept, I said, he must administer an antidote to Coates's poison.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Now, where can he find an antidote, who can teach him a healing formula?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- “Work is the only antidote,” said the Doctor, not moving his eyes.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- You are mistaken about there being an antidote and a poison.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- The cynical town runs to artless art as an antidote to its own poison.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- There can be no question of an antidote if there has been no poisoning.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- And Ribiera administered the antidote with a further dose of poison.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- This he readily accepted, trusting to the efficacy of the antidote.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome » by E.M. Berens
- He found what he went for, the antidote to the bite of the death's-head spider.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
Antonyms for antidote
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