Meanings
plural antidepressants
- medicineAn agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
She had a history of depression and was taking phenelzine, an antidepressant.
2009 March 3, Barron H. Lerner, “A Life-Changing Case for Doctors in Training”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 20203 more examples
Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.
1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.
2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102More than one in 10 people in the United States take antidepressants, and at least 8.6 million people in England take them. And since the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of people on antidepressants has surged. […] If you’ve just started taking an antidepressant within the last few weeks, a doctor might suggest you wait to see if dysfunction resolves as your body adjusts.
2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024Antonyms: depressogenic
comparative more antidepressant · superlative most antidepressant
- medicinePreventing or counteracting depression.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans antidepressant
- antidepressantagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Arabic مُضَادَّة اِكْتِئَاب
- مُضَادَّة اِكْتِئَابagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Basque antidepresibo
- antidepresiboagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Bulgarian антидепреса́нт
- антидепреса́нт (antidepresánt)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
Catalan antidepressiu, antidepressiu
- antidepressiuagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepressiupreventing or counteracting depression
Chinese Mandarin 抗抑鬱藥 /抗抑郁药, 抗抑鬱的 /抗抑郁的
- 抗抑鬱藥 /抗抑郁药 (kàngyìyùyào)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
- 抗抑鬱的 /抗抑郁的 (kàngyìyù de)preventing or counteracting depression
Czech antidepresivum
- antidepresivumagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Danish antidepressiv
- antidepressivagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Dutch antidepressivum
- antidepressivumagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Esperanto antideprimigaĵo, antidepresiaĵo
- antideprimigaĵoagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepresiaĵoagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Finnish masennuslääke, antidepressiivinen
- masennuslääkeagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepressiivinenpreventing or counteracting depression
French antidépresseur, antidépresseur
- antidépresseuragent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidépresseurpreventing or counteracting depression
German Antidepressivum
- Antidepressivumagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Greek αντικαταθλιπτικό, αντικαταθλιπτικός
- αντικαταθλιπτικό (antikatathliptikó)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
- αντικαταθλιπτικός (antikatathliptikós)preventing or counteracting depression
Hungarian antidepresszáns, antidepresszáns
- antidepresszánsagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepresszánspreventing or counteracting depression
Icelandic þunglyndislyf
- þunglyndislyfagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Indonesian antidepresan
- antidepresanagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Irish frithdhúlagrán, frithdhúlagair
- frithdhúlagránagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- frithdhúlagairpreventing or counteracting depression
Italian antidepressivo
- antidepressivoagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Japanese 抗うつ薬, 抗うつ剤
- 抗うつ薬 (kōutsuyaku)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
- 抗うつ剤 (kōutsuzai)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
- 抗うつ (kōutsu)preventing or counteracting depression
Korean 항우울제
- 항우울제 (hang'uulje)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
Latin antidepressivum
- antidepressivumagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Malay antidepresan, antimurung
- antidepresanagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antimurungagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Polish antydepresant, antydepresyjny
- antydepresantagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antydepresyjnypreventing or counteracting depression
- przeciwdepresyjnypreventing or counteracting depression
Portuguese antidepressivo, antidepressivo
- antidepressivoagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepressivopreventing or counteracting depression
Russian антидепресса́нт
- антидепресса́нт (antidepressánt)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
Slovak antidepresívum
- antidepresívumagent that prevents or counteracts depression
Spanish antidepresivo, antidepresivo
- antidepresivoagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepresivopreventing or counteracting depression
Swedish antidepressiva, antidepressivt medel
- antidepressivaagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepressivt medelagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepressivt läkemedelagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- antidepressivpreventing or counteracting depression
Ukrainian антидепреса́нт
- антидепреса́нт (antydepresánt)agent that prevents or counteracts depression
Welsh gwrthiselydd, gwrthiselder
- gwrthiselyddagent that prevents or counteracts depression
- gwrthiselderpreventing or counteracting depression
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with antidepressant
Cite this entry
antidepressant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidepressant
“antidepressant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidepressant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidepressant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidepressant.
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