antisteroid

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adjective

Opposing the use of steroids.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveantisteroid (comparative more antisteroid, superlative most antisteroid)

comparative more antisteroid · superlative most antisteroid

  1. Opposing the use of steroids.

    But after 1973, most strength coaches working with team sports in America took an antisteroid position.

    2004, Boyd Epley, The path to athletic power, page 17
    1 more example

    The Drug Enforcement Administration, the federal agency in charge of drug control, has responsibility for enforcement of antisteroid laws.

    2007, Fred C. Pampel, Drugs and sports, page 189
  2. not comparablebiologyBlocking or counteracting steroids.

Synonyms & antonyms

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. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  9. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  11. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  12. Frenchcholestérine
  13. Frenchcholestéro
  14. Englishcholesterol
  15. Englishsterol
  16. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  19. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  20. Englishsteroid
  21. Englishantisteroid

From anti- + steroid.

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APA

antisteroid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisteroid

MLA

“antisteroid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisteroid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antisteroid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisteroid.

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