antidote

UK: /ˈæntidəʊt/ US: /ˈæntɪˌdoʊt/ ,(an′ti dōt′)

Inflections of 'antidote' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

antidotes

v 3rd person singular

antidoting

v pres p

antidoted

v past

antidoted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•ti•dote /ˈæntɪˌdoʊt/   n. [countable]

1. Medicine a medicine or other remedy used against the effects of poison, disease, etc.
2. something that prevents or works against injurious or unwanted effects:
   One antidote for crime is more police on the street.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•ti•dote  (an′ti dōt′), n., v., -dot•ed, -dot•ing. 
n. 

1. Medicine 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.

v.t. 

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

• 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
• Latin antidotum
• Middle French)
• 1400–50; late Middle English (

an′ti•dot′al, an•ti•dot•i•cal  (an′ti dot′i kəl), adj.  an′ti•dot′al•ly, an′ti•dot′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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antidote / ˈæntɪˌdəʊt/ noun

1. 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

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give

ˌantiˈdotal adjective