antipsychotic

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adjective

Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

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antipsychosisneurolepticmajor tranquilizermajor tranquillizermajor tranquilliserantipsychotic drugantipsychotic agentneuroleptic drug
OriginEnglish psychotic ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
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Meanings

adjectiveantipsychotic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicinePreventing or counteracting psychosis.

    Synonyms: antipsychosis, neuroleptic

nounantipsychotic (plural antipsychotics)

plural antipsychotics

  1. medicineAny of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses.

    Synonyms: neuroleptic, neuroleptic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePreventing or counteracting psychosis.

Similar
antipsychosisneuroleptic

nounAny of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses.

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neurolepticneuroleptic

More synonyms by meaning

nountranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired

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major tranquilizermajor tranquillizermajor tranquilliserantipsychotic drugantipsychotic agentneuroleptic drugneuroleptic agentneuroleptic
Broader
tranquilizertranquillizertranquilliser
Also see
neuroleptic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishpsychotic
  8. Englishantipsychotic

From anti- + psychotic.

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Translations

Czech antipsychotikum
  • antipsychotikumany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
Dutch antipsychoticum
  • antipsychoticumany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
Finnish antipsykoottinen, psykoosilääke
  • antipsykoottinenpreventing or counteracting psychosis
  • psykoosilääkeany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
  • antipsykoottiany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
German Neuroleptikum
  • Neuroleptikumany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
Portuguese antipsicótico, antipsicótico
  • antipsicóticopreventing or counteracting psychosis
  • antipsicóticoany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
Russian антипсихоти́ческий, антипсихо́тик
  • антипсихоти́ческий (antipsixotíčeskij)preventing or counteracting psychosis
  • антипсихо́тик (antipsixótik)any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
  • нейроле́птик (nejroléptik)any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
Spanish antipsicótico, antipsicótico
  • antipsicóticopreventing or counteracting psychosis
  • antipsicóticoany of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis
Cite this entry
APA

antipsychotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipsychotic

MLA

“antipsychotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipsychotic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipsychotic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipsychotic.

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