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antidote

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ANTIDOTE

something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable <hoped that taking dance lessons would prove to be an antidote for her loneliness>

Synonyms antidote, corrective, curative, rectifier, remedy, therapeutic, therapy

Related Words cure-all, elixir, panacea; answer, solution; aid, help, relief, succor; balm, medicinal, medicine, palliative

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