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antidote

(æntidoʊt)
Word forms: plural antidotes
1. countable noun
An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
When he returned, he noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote.
Synonyms: remedy, cure, preventive, corrective More Synonyms of antidote
2. countable noun
Something that is an antidote to a difficult or unpleasant situation helps you to overcome the situation.
Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress. [+ to]
Synonyms: cure, remedy, corrective, nostrum More Synonyms of antidote

antidote in British English

(ˈæntɪˌdəʊt)
noun
1.  medicine
a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison
2. 
anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy
Derived forms
antidotal (ˌantiˈdotal)
adjective
Word origin
C15: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give

antidote in American English

(ˈæntəˌdoʊt)
noun
1. 
a remedy to counteract a poison
2. 
anything that works against an evil or unwanted condition
Derived forms
antidotal (ˈantiˌdotal)
adjective
Word origin
ME & OFr antidote < L antidotum < Gr antidoton < anti-, against + dotos, given < didonai, to give: see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF

COBUILD Collocations
antidote

perfect antidote

Examples of 'antidote' in a sentence
antidote

As the autumnal weather begins to take hold, skipping abroad to make use of friends with second-home benefits sounds like the perfect antidote.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's the perfect antidote to modern life: a place to inhale the scent of lime trees and feel your mind and body relax.
The Sun (2016)
In the UK it is licensed for use in eye drops and as an antidote for paracetamol poisoning, but not for chests.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The perfect cynical antidote to all that festive cheer.
The Sun (2014)
Good quality contact with fathers is seen as a good antidote to the impact of parental separation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These two books provide a potent antidote.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Touch is the most wonderful antidote to stress.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The perfect antidote to a night out.
The Sun (2012)
The move to physicality is the perfect antidote to a life spent online.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Orange is the perfect antidote when a garden looks lacklustre.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is the perfect antidote to celebrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The surveys may not exactly have been a champagne moment but they were a welcome antidote to the gloom.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But just as often it drove him on and he found in batting the perfect antidote to his troubles.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She refers to swathes of research that provide an antidote to the self-help element.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This was the perfect antidote to finishing Ashes ng and nd?
The Sun (2011)
The essential oils were very relaxing - the perfect antidote to a long day.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's the perfect antidote to modern day mediocrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Both offer the perfect antidote to the bustle of Manhattan.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A deep tissue massage is a really good antidote to jet lag.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A welcome antidote to the slightly fragile and serious vacuum in which we had existed before his arrival.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I think it was a wonderful antidote to Glyndebourne.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I've always found it a wonderful antidote to my world.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is grit, above all else, that will provide the antidote.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She's a wonderful antidote to playing Harriet.
The Sun (2013)
A soft, print jacket is the perfect antidote to spring's structured tailoring.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
antidote

British English: antidote /ˈæntɪˌdəʊt/ NOUN
An antidote is a chemical substance that controls the effect of a poison.
He noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote.
  • American English: antidote
  • Arabic: تِرْيَاق
  • Brazilian Portuguese: antídoto
  • Chinese: 解毒剂
  • Croatian: proutotrov
  • Czech: protijed
  • Danish: modgift
  • Dutch: tegengif
  • European Spanish: antídoto
  • Finnish: vastamyrkky
  • French: antidote
  • German: Gegenmittel
  • Greek: αντίδοτο
  • Italian: antidoto
  • Japanese: 解毒剤
  • Korean: 해독제
  • Norwegian: motgift
  • Polish: odtrutka
  • European Portuguese: antídoto
  • Romanian: antidot
  • Russian: противоядие
  • Latin American Spanish: antídoto
  • Swedish: motgift
  • Thai: ยาถอนพิษ
  • Turkish: panzehir
  • Ukrainian: протиотрута
  • Vietnamese: thuốc giải độc

Chinese translation of 'antidote'

antidote

(ˈæntɪdəut)

n (c)

  1. (to poison) 解毒剂(劑) (jiědújì)
  2. an antidote to sth [unpleasant situation] 解决(決)某事的良方 (jiějué mǒushì de liángfāng)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a substance that counteracts a poison
He noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote.
Synonyms
remedy
cure
preventive
Cabbage is a preventive against stomach ulcers.
corrective
neutralizer
nostrum
countermeasure
antitoxin
antivenin
counteragent
2 (noun) 
Definition
anything that counteracts a harmful condition
Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress.
Synonyms
cure
There is still no cure for the common cold.
remedy
natural remedies to overcome winter infections
corrective
nostrum
Supermarket shelves are lined with nostrums claiming to alleviate flu symptoms.
countermeasure

Additional synonyms

in the sense of nostrum
Definition
a quack medicine
Supermarket shelves are lined with nostrums claiming to alleviate flu symptoms.
Synonyms
medicine,
drug,
treatment,
cure,
remedy,
potion,
panacea,
elixir,
cure-all,
patent medicine,
quack medicine,
specific,
sovereign cure
in the sense of preventive
Definition
any drug or agent that tends to prevent disease
Cabbage is a preventive against stomach ulcers.
Synonyms
protection,
shield,
remedy,
prevention,
protective,
safeguard,
deterrent,
neutralizer,
prophylactic

Synonyms of 'antidote'

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