Meanings
nounantihypertensive (plural antihypertensives)
plural antihypertensives
- medicineAn agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.
adjectiveantihypertensive (not comparable)
- not comparablemedicinePreventing or counteracting hypertension.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nouna drug that reduces high blood pressure
Similar
antihypertensive drug
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 降壓劑 /降压剂, 抗高血壓劑 /抗高血压剂
- 降壓劑 /降压剂agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- 抗高血壓劑 /抗高血压剂agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- 降壓的 /降压的 (jiàngyā de)preventing or counteracting hypertension
- 抗高血壓的 /抗高血压的 (kàng gāoxuèyā de)preventing or counteracting hypertension
Czech antihypertenzivum
- antihypertenzivumagent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
Finnish antihypertensiivinen lääke, antihypertensiivinen
- antihypertensiivinen lääkeagent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- antihypertensiivinenpreventing or counteracting hypertension
- kohonnutta verenpainetta laskevapreventing or counteracting hypertension
French antihypertensif, antihypertenseur
- antihypertensifagent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- antihypertenseuragent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- antihypertensifpreventing or counteracting hypertension
- antihypertenseurpreventing or counteracting hypertension
German blutdrucksenkendes Mittel, Antihypertensivum
- blutdrucksenkendes Mittelagent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- Antihypertensivumagent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- blutdrucksenkendpreventing or counteracting hypertension
Portuguese anti-hipertensivo, anti-hipertensivo
- anti-hipertensivoagent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
- anti-hipertensivopreventing or counteracting hypertension
Cite this entry
APA
antihypertensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antihypertensive
MLA
“antihypertensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antihypertensive. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antihypertensive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antihypertensive.
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