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- DictionaryAn·ti·dote/ˈan(t)əˌdōt/
noun
- 1. a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison: "there is no known antidote to the poison of the pufferfish"
verb
- 1. counteract or cancel with an antidote: "What remedy will antidote henbane?"
The meaning of ANTIDOTE is a remedy to counteract the effects of poison. How to use antidote in a sentence.
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.
ANTIDOTE definition: 1. a chemical, especially a drug, that limits the effects of a poison: 2. a way of preventing or…. Learn more.
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
antidote (to something) anything that takes away the effects of something unpleasant. A Mediterranean cruise was the perfect antidote to a long cold winter.
an activity that stops something bad from harming you: Exercise is the best antidote to stress. a substance that stops another substance from damaging your body: a deadly poison with no antidote. (Definition of antidote from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. 1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc. 2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects. Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime. transitive verb. 3. to counteract with an antidote.
1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc. 2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: an antidote to crime. v.t. 3. to counteract with an antidote.
ANTIDOTE meaning: 1 : a substance that stops the harmful effects of a poison; 2 : something that corrects or improves the bad effects of something.
A medicine or remedy that can be given to reverse or neutralize the effects of a poison, drug, venom, etc.; spec. a substance that counteracts the action of a poison, typically by reacting with it chemically, by preventing its absorption into the body, or by interfering with its physiological effect.
