Dictionary

antidote en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
   • Can'ſt thou not Miniſter to a minde diſeas'd, / Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, / And with ſome ſweet Obliuious Antidote / Cleanſe the ſtufft boſome, of that perillous ſtuffe / Which weighes vpon the heart? c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 149, column 2:
   • She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
   • The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons. 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season”, in The New York Times:
2. (figuratively) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
   • We need an antidote for this misinformation.

Forms

Deriveds

antiantidote · antidotary · antidotical

Descendants

antidot · antidot

Hyponyms

treacle (poison remedy) · Venice treacle (poison remedy) · mithridatium (poison remedy) · antivenom (poison remedy) · universal antidote (poison remedy) · antiserum (antidotes made from animal fluids) · mithridate (poison remedy) · antivenene (poison remedy) · mithridaticon (poison remedy) · serum (antidotes made from animal fluids) · theriac (poison remedy) · antivenin (poison remedy)

Relateds

antidotically · antidotal · antidotic

Synonyms

alexipharmic · treacle · theriac · alexipharmac · remedy · alexipharmacum · alexitery · mithridatic · alexiteric

Translations (106)

grc ἀντίδοτος (remedy to counteract a poison) · es antídoto (remedy to counteract a poison) · nb motgift (remedy to counteract a poison) · ru противоя́дие (remedy to counteract a poison) · cmn 解毒藥 /解毒药 (remedy to counteract a poison) · az padzəhər (remedy to counteract a poison) · ga frithnimh (remedy to counteract a poison) · cs protijed (remedy to counteract a poison) · hu ellenszer (something that counteracts) · el αντίδοτο (remedy to counteract a poison) · fa پادزهر (something that counteracts) · fa پادزهر (remedy to counteract a poison) · kk у қайтаратын (remedy to counteract a poison) · cmn 解藥 /解药 (remedy to counteract a poison) · pl antidotum (remedy to counteract a poison) · ca antídot (something that counteracts) · eo antidoto (remedy to counteract a poison) · fr contrepoison (remedy to counteract a poison) · grc ἀντίδοτος (something that counteracts) · pl odtrutka (remedy to counteract a poison) · fi vastamyrkky (something that counteracts) · nl tegengif (remedy to counteract a poison) · nn motgift (remedy to counteract a poison) · kk у басатын (remedy to counteract a poison) · es antidoto (something that counteracts) · pl antydot (remedy to counteract a poison) · nl tegengif (something that counteracts) · be проція́ддзе (remedy to counteract a poison) · de Gegenmittel (something that counteracts) · fi vastamyrkky (remedy to counteract a poison) · lv pretinde (remedy to counteract a poison) · sk protijed (remedy to counteract a poison) · csb procëmtrëcëzna (remedy to counteract a poison) · de Gegengift (remedy to counteract a poison) · cs protilátka (remedy to counteract a poison) · fo andeitur (remedy to counteract a poison) · hi प्रतिकारक (remedy to counteract a poison) · da modgift (remedy to counteract a poison) · hy հակաթույն (remedy to counteract a poison) · ga nimhíoc (remedy to counteract a poison) · ta மாற்றுமருந்து (remedy to counteract a poison) · de Gegenmittel (remedy to counteract a poison) · it antidoto (remedy to counteract a poison) · fr thériaque (remedy to counteract a poison) · be антыдо́т (remedy to counteract a poison) · id antidotum (remedy to counteract a poison) · vi chất giải độc (remedy to counteract a poison) · fo móteitur (remedy to counteract a poison) · ga leigheas (something that counteracts) · pl antidotum (something that counteracts) · ja 解毒薬 (remedy to counteract a poison) · kk уыт (remedy to counteract a poison) · sk protiliek (remedy to counteract a poison) · ja 解毒剤 (remedy to counteract a poison) · ko 해독약 (remedy to counteract a poison) · et vastumürk (remedy to counteract a poison) · grc θηριακή (remedy to counteract a poison) · ko 해독제 (remedy to counteract a poison) · pl antydot (something that counteracts) · fr antidote (remedy to counteract a poison) · fi vastalääke (remedy to counteract a poison) · kk у қайтарғыш (remedy to counteract a poison) · sq antidot (remedy to counteract a poison) · ca antídot (remedy to counteract a poison) · kmr jehrkuj (remedy to counteract a poison) · sh protivotrov (remedy to counteract a poison) · grc ἀλεξιφάρμακον (remedy to counteract a poison) · grc ἀλκτήριον (remedy to counteract a poison) · ar تِرْيَاق (remedy to counteract a poison) · ka შხამსაწინააღმდეგო (remedy to counteract a poison) · sv motgift (remedy to counteract a poison) · pl lek (something that counteracts) · sh prȍtuotrov (remedy to counteract a poison) · id antidot (remedy to counteract a poison) · sv antidot (remedy to counteract a poison) · uk протиотру́та (remedy to counteract a poison) · hi मारक (remedy to counteract a poison) · fr alexipharmaque (remedy to counteract a poison) · mk противотров (remedy to counteract a poison) · pl odtrutka (something that counteracts) · fi vastalääke (something that counteracts) · tr panzehir (remedy to counteract a poison) · be проціатру́та (remedy to counteract a poison) · uk антидо́т (remedy to counteract a poison) · pl lekarstwo (something that counteracts) · tg давои зидди заҳр (remedy to counteract a poison) · eo kontraŭveneno (remedy to counteract a poison) · io antidoto (remedy to counteract a poison) · tg подзаҳр (remedy to counteract a poison) · sh про̏туотров (remedy to counteract a poison) · hu ellenméreg (remedy to counteract a poison) · ru антидо́т (remedy to counteract a poison) · sh противотров (remedy to counteract a poison) · hu ellenszer (remedy to counteract a poison) · pt antídoto (remedy to counteract a poison) · ms antidot (remedy to counteract a poison) · el αντίδοτο (something that counteracts) · bg противоотро́ва (remedy to counteract a poison) · la antidotum (remedy to counteract a poison) · pt antídoto (something that counteracts) · mi rongoā whakanoa (remedy to counteract a poison) · sl protisredstvo (remedy to counteract a poison) · lt priešnuodis (remedy to counteract a poison) · ka ანტიდოტი (remedy to counteract a poison) · cmn 解毒劑 /解毒剂 (remedy to counteract a poison) · be супрацья́ддзе (remedy to counteract a poison)

antidote en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To counteract as an antidote.
   • For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy[…] 2007, Suzanne C. Lawton, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Asperger syndrome: natural steps toward a better life, page 143:
   • 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. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

Forms

Relateds

theriac

Translations (1)

pt antidotar (to counteract as an antidote)