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Synonyms for antidote

Most common

treacle theriac alexiteric alexitery

All synonyms

Noun

1. Treacle — A remedy to counteract the effects of poison

treacle, theriac, alexiteric, alexitery, alexipharmic dated, mithridatic dated, alexipharmacum dated, alexipharmac dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

    She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.

Forms

Plural
antidotes → treacles, theriacs, alexiterics, alexiteries…

Example sentences

  • treacle Mary has treacle-coloured hair.
  • medicine The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
  • cure This medicine will cure your headache immediately.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
antidoterising
treaclerising
theriacrising
medicinesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
cure1
6 letters
remedy3
7 letters
treacle, theriac
8 letters
specific3, medicine3
9 letters
alexitery
10 letters
corrective3, alexiteric
11 letters
mithridatic
12 letters
alexipharmic, alexipharmac
13 letters
counterpoison
14 letters
alexipharmacum

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remedy3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
antidote
Italiano
antidoto