antidote

[ an-ti-doht ]

/ ˈæn tɪˌdoʊt /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), an·ti·dot·ed, an·ti·dot·ing.

to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.

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Origin of antidote

1400–50; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin antidotum<Greek antídoton something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equivalent to anti-anti- + dotón neuter of dotós given, verbid of didónai to give; akin to datum

OTHER WORDS FROM antidote

an·ti·dot·al, an·ti·dot·i·cal

[an-ti-dot-i-kuhl], /ˌæn tɪˈdɒt ɪ kəl/, adjectivean·ti·dot·al·ly, an·ti·dot·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH antidote

anecdote, antedate, antidote

Words nearby antidote

antidisestablishmentarianism, antidiuresis, antidiuretic, antidiuretic hormone, antidoron, antidote, antidromic, antidrug, antidumping, antidune, antielectron

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How to use antidote in a sentence

“It’s a viewer-safe antidote to all the vitriol and negativity,” Schiller said.
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The antidote would be some form of automatic voter registration, where everyone who turns 18 or becomes a naturalized citizen is automatically enrolled.
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The genes, known as wtf genes, produce both a poison and an antidote.
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All of the spores — the yeast’s gametes — get the poison, but only those that inherit certain gene versions also get an antidote.
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The platform’s debut comes nine years after CEO Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, proposed its creation in his book The Lean Startup as an antidote to the usual market pressures to pursue short-term results.
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It would be inaccurate though to call SIX a direct antidote to ALEC.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC|Ben Jacobs|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the surface, Krampus is a great antidote to the Rockettes and Black Friday.
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I highly doubt that anyone not already in a state of despair would look to war as an antidote to Godlessness.
There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes|Michael Carson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reformers understood that constructive societal evolution was the antidote to socialist revolution.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR|John Avlon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Accelerate this process,” said Royce, adding that the Free Syrian Army is the antidote to the ongoing expansion of ISIS in Syria.
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They affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Another poet of the fifth century recommends the mystical charm as an antidote to diseases of cattle.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Nevertheless, there is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation.
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
To minds of a different description, the only antidote to this corruption of language is predication.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
Again and again the snake bites the iguana, and as often the latter has recourse to the counteracting influences of the antidote.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont

British Dictionary definitions for antidote

antidote

/ (ˈæntɪˌdəʊt) /

noun

med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison

anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy

Derived forms of antidote

antidotal, adjective

Word Origin for antidote

C15: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give

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Medical definitions for antidote

antidote

[ ăn′tĭ-dōt′ ]

An agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.

Other words from antidote

an′ti•dot′al (ăn′tĭ-dōt′l) adj.

Scientific definitions for antidote

antidote

[ ăn′tĭ-dōt′ ]

A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.

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