Synonyms of antibiotic

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noun

as in drug

medical a substance that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drug
• medicine
• medication
• serum
• antiseptic
• prescription
• remedy
• cure
• medicament
• pharmaceutical
• physic
• prescription drug
• botanical
• specific
• panacea
• medicinal
• nostrum
• potion
• tonic
• patent medicine
• injection
• pill
• tablet
• ointment
• cure-all
• wonder drug
• syrup
• lotion
• capsule
• cap
• miracle drug
• salve
• tincture
• poultice
• liniment
• sirup
• cordial
• purgative
• shot
• embrocation
• cathartic

antibiotic

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adjective

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as in biocidal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• biocidal
• destructive
• cataclysmic
• devastating
• lethal
• virulent
• disastrous
• poisonous
• ruinous
• fatal
• calamitous
• killer
• deadly
• annihilatory
• harmful
• devastative
• pernicious
• deleterious
• cataclysmal
• detrimental
• murderous
• mortal
• baleful
• deathly
• vital
• pestilent
• fell

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protective
• nondestructive
• creative
• constructive
• productive
• preservative
• formative
• useful
• harmless
• helpful
• innocent
• innocuous
• healthy
• healthful
• wholesome
• inoffensive
• ameliorative
• nonlethal
• nonfatal
• salubrious

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as in antibacterial

Synonyms & Similar Words

• antibacterial
• microbicidal
• germicidal
• antiseptic
• sanitary
• aseptic
• sterile
• hygienic
• germfree
• beneficial
• stainless
• healthful
• germproof
• unsullied
• squeaky-clean
• unsoiled
• spotless
• spick-and-span
• pristine
• wholesome
• salubrious
• salutary
• spic-and-span
• healthy
• restorative
• unstained
• immaculate
• unpolluted
• clean
• untainted
• salutiferous
• bleached
• pure
• purified
• washed
• undefiled
• cleansed
• whitened
• scrubbed
• taintless
• abluted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• toxic
• infectious
• pathogenic
• poisonous
• pathogenetic
• sickening
• dirty
• unclean
• filthy
• nasty
• noxious
• foul
• muddy
• stained
• dusty
• sordid
• unhealthy
• unwashed
• soiled
• grimy
• dingy
• unwholesome
• unhealthful
• grubby
• miasmic
• mucky
• grungy
• bedraggled
• polluted
• unsterilized
• tainted
• unsanitary
• insanitary
• draggled
• uncleanly
• sullied
• unhygienic
• smirched
• besmirched
• insalubrious
• unsterile
• defiled
• germy