SYNERGIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that augments the activity of another drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("synergist" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Antonym:

antagonist (a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug)

Derivation:

synergism (the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects)

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