Meanings
adjectiveantimalarial (comparative more antimalarial, superlative most antimalarial)
comparative more antimalarial · superlative most antimalarial
- Preventing or counteracting malaria.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
Similar
antimalarial drug
Broader
antiprotozoalantiprotozoal drug
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishmalaria
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmalarial
- Englishantimalarial
Translations
Catalan antipalúdic, antipalúdic
- antipalúdicagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antipalúdicpreventing or counteracting malaria
Czech antimalarikum
- antimalarikumagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
Greek ανθελονοσιακό, ανθελονοσιακός
- ανθελονοσιακό (anthelonosiakó)agent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- ανθελονοσιακός (anthelonosiakós)preventing or counteracting malaria
Irish cógas frithmhaláireach, frithmhaláireach
- cógas frithmhaláireachagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- frithmhaláireachpreventing or counteracting malaria
Italian antimalarico, antimalarico
- antimalaricoagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antimalaricopreventing or counteracting malaria
Polish środek przeciwmalaryczny, przeciwmalaryczny
- środek przeciwmalarycznyagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- przeciwmalarycznypreventing or counteracting malaria
Portuguese antimalárico, antipalúdico
- antimaláricoagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antipalúdicoagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antimaláricopreventing or counteracting malaria
- antipalúdicopreventing or counteracting malaria
- antimaláriapreventing or counteracting malaria
Romanian antimalaric, antipaludic
- antimalaricagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antipaludicagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antimalaricpreventing or counteracting malaria
- antipaludicpreventing or counteracting malaria
Spanish antimalárico, antipalúdico
- antimaláricoagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antipalúdicoagent that prevents or counteracts malaria
- antimaláricopreventing or counteracting malaria
- antipalúdicopreventing or counteracting malaria
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with antimalarial
aerialArialarielsecretarialarealmalarialnotarialfilarialanticercarialantifilarialantimicrofilarialapothecarialaquarialbiarealbibliothecarialbipinnarialbursarialcalendarialcalvarialcancellarialcercarialcibarialcircumnarialcommentarial
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
antimalarial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimalarial
MLA
“antimalarial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimalarial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antimalarial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimalarial.
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