Meanings
nounpotion (plural potions)
plural potions
- A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.
1 more example
Everything changed when I found this potion that gives me a huge speed boost whenever I drink it.
2025 February 28, Tyler Colp, “Reinstall: Path of Exile”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 92Synonyms: lib
verbpotion (third-person singular simple present potions, present participle potioning, simple past and past participle potioned)
present singular third person potions · participle present potioning · participle past potioned · past potioned
- obsoletetransitiveTo drug (someone).
[T]he yong L. Roger Mortimer, […] hauing corrupted his Keepers, or (as ſome others vvrite) hauing potioned them vvith a ſleepy drinke, eſcaped out of the Tovver of London, getting ouer clearely vvithout any empeachment into France.
1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edward the Second, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 49, page 561, column 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
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Origin
- Latinpōtiō“a drinking”
- Old Frenchpocion
- Middle Englishpocioun
- Englishpotion
From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Displaced native Old English drenċ whence Modern English drench. Doublet of poison.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جُرْعَة
- جُرْعَة (jurʕa)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Basque edabe
- edabesmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Bulgarian елексир
- елексир (eleksir)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Catalan poció
- pociósmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Chinese Mandarin 藥劑 /药剂, 藥水 /药水
- 藥劑 /药剂 (yàojì)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- 藥水 /药水 (yàoshuǐ)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Czech lektvar
- lektvarsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Dutch drankje, toverdrankje
- drankjesmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- toverdrankjesmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- tinctuursmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Esperanto eliksiro
- eliksirosmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Finnish mikstuura, myrkkymalja
- mikstuurasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- myrkkymaljasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- taikajuomasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- rohtosmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- rohdossmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
French potion
- potionsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German Trank, Zaubertrank
- Tranksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- Zaubertranksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- Wundertranksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- Gifttranksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- Heiltranksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- Elixiersmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Greek φίλτρο
- φίλτρο (fíltro)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Hebrew שיקוי
- שיקוי (shikuy)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Hindi दवाई, अर्क़
- दवाई (davāī)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- अर्क़ (arq)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- काढ़ा (kāṛhā)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Italian pozione
- pozionesmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Japanese 水薬, ポーション
- 水薬small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- ポーション (poshon)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Korean 물약, 수약
- 물약 (muryak)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- 수약 (suyak)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Latin venēficium, pōtiō
- venēficiumsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- pōtiōsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Malay posyen
- posyensmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Māori waimatarau
- waimatarausmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Norwegian Bokmål trylledrikk
- trylledrikksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Polish mikstura, napój leczniczy
- miksturasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- napój leczniczysmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- napój magicznysmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Portuguese poção
- poçãosmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Romanian poțiune
- poțiunesmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Russian зе́лье, сна́добье
- зе́лье (zélʹje)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- сна́добье (snádobʹje)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Scottish Gaelic deoch-eiridinn
- deoch-eiridinnsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish poción, potingue
- pociónsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- potinguesmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- bebedizosmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- tisanasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Swedish trolldryck
- trolldrycksmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Tagalog gayuma
- gayumasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Turkish iksir, posyon
- iksirsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- posyonsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Ukrainian зі́лля
- зі́лля (zíllja)small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Vietnamese nước bùa, thần dược
- nước bùasmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- thần dượcsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
- thuốc nướcsmall portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with potion
motionoceanpromotionnotionemotionlotioncommotionlocomotionCappadociancounterexplosionMiddle Oceanpoetry in motion
All rhymes →Sounds the same
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
potion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potion
MLA
“potion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potion.
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