antidote (noun)

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• antidote — ► NOUN 1) a medicine taken to counteract a poison. 2) something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation: laughter is a good antidote to stress. ORIGIN Greek antidoton, from anti against + didonai give …   English terms dictionary

• antidote — noun 1 against poison/disease ADJECTIVE ▪ effective ▪ natural VERB + ANTIDOTE ▪ administer, give ▪ The doctor administered an antidote …   Collocations dictionary

• antidote — noun Etymology: Middle English antidot, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidotos, from feminine of antidotos given as an antidote, from antididonai to give as an antidote, from anti + didonai to give more at date Date: 15th century 1. a remedy… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• antidote — noun /ˈæn.tə.dot/ a) A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by against, for, or to ). She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom. b) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful …   Wiktionary

• antidote — noun (C) 1 a substance that stops the effects of a poison (+ to): There is no known antidote to a bite from this snake. 2 something that makes an unpleasant situation better: Laughter, the antidote to stress …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• antidote — noun 1) the antidote to this poison Syn: antitoxin, antiserum, antivenin 2) laughter is a good antidote to stress Syn: remedy, cure, nostrum …   Thesaurus of popular words

• antidote — noun 1》 a medicine taken to counteract a particular poison. 2》 something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation: laughter is a good antidote to stress. Derivatives antidotal adjective Origin ME: via L., from Gk antidoton, from anti… …   English new terms dictionary

• antidote — noun Syn: remedy, cure, solution, countermeasure, corrective …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• antidote — UK [ˈæntɪˌdəʊt] / US [ˈæntɪˌdoʊt] noun [countable] Word forms antidote : singular antidote plural antidotes 1) a substance that prevents a poison from having bad effects 2) something that helps to improve the effects of something bad or negative… …   English dictionary

• antidote — an|ti|dote [ æntı,dout ] noun count 1. ) a substance that prevents a poison from having bad effects 2. ) something that helps to improve the effects of something bad or negative: antidote to: The book is a refreshing antidote to the usual guides… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• antidote — [ˈæntɪˌdəʊt] noun [C] 1) a substance that prevents a poison from having bad effects 2) something that helps to improve the effects of something bad The game was a welcome antidote to the day s worries.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English