Definition of antidote Antidote

/æˈntɪdowˌt/ - [antidowt] - an•ti•dote

We found 13 definitions of antidote from 7 different sources.

What does antidote mean?

Noun Plural: antidotes
antidote - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
		counterpoison
		curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
		atropine 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

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antidote (Noun)
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison often followed by "against," "for," or "to".
antidote (Noun)
Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
antidote (Verb)
To counteract as an antidote.

antidote (n.)
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.
antidote (n.)
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
antidote (v. t.)
To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.
antidote (v. t.)
To fortify or preserve by an antidote.

antidote
an′ti-dōt, n. that which is given against anything that would produce bad effects: a counter-poison: (fig.) anything that prevents evil (with against, for, to).—adj. An′tidotal. [Gr. antidotos—anti, against, didōmi, to give.]

An antidote is a substance or a thing that can make people feel better who took a certain poison. The antidote will make some of the effects of the poison go away.

Antidotes are specific to certain poisons. They often are poisons themselves. As an example, Atropine, a substance that is found in the deadly nightshade is a very poisonous substance. However, by the way it reacts with the body, it is used as an antidote against some insecticides, as well as nerve gas.