Antidote Definition

ăntĭ-dōt
antidotes
noun
antidotes
A remedy to counteract a poison.
Webster's New World
An agent that relieves or counteracts.
Jogging as an antidote to nervous tension.
American Heritage
Anything that works against an evil or unwanted condition.
Webster's New World
A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.
American Heritage Medicine

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.
Wiktionary
verb
To relieve or counteract with an antidote.
American Heritage

To counteract as an antidote.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Antidote

Noun

Singular:
antidote
Plural:
antidotes

Origin of Antidote

  • From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antidoton), neuter of ἀντίδοτος (antidotos, “given as a remedy for”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antididōmi, “I give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (anti, “against”) + δίδωμι (didōmi, “I give”). Compare French antidote.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin antidotum from Greek antidoton from antididonai antido- to give as a remedy against anti- anti- didonai to give dō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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