Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "antibiotic" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

capsule medicine cabinet pharmacy

Capable Of

cure bacterial infection prescribed

Derived Terms

antibiotically antibioticked antibioticogram antiboyotic broad-spectrum antibiotic enzybiotic metalloantibiotic multiantibiotic nanoantibiotic nonantibiotic polyantibiotic postantibiotic preantibiotic sactibiotic

Context

pharmacology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

antibacterial antibacterial drug antimicrobial antimicrobial bactericide pharmaceutical

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

erythromycin moenomycin penicillin phytoalexin polymyxin

Type Of (IsA)

antibacterial medicine widely used medicine

Receives Action

derived from fungi or bacteria

Related Terms

abiogenetic abiotic antibacterial antibiosis antiseptic gnotobiotic xenobiotic

Related Terms

antibacterial antiseptic bacteria destroy growth inhibit microorganism substance

Used For

treating bacterial infection

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.