SYNERGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synergist mean? 

• SYNERGIST (noun)
  The noun SYNERGIST has 1 sense:

1. a drug that augments the activity of another drug

  Familiarity information: SYNERGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNERGIST (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)

 Context examples 

A synthetic derivative of benzodioxole and used as an insecticide synergist, Piperonyl Butoxide enhances the active properties of pyrethrin, pyrethroid, rotenone, and carbamate pesticide ingredients by inhibiting insect microsomal enzyme detoxification activity.

(Piperonyl Butoxide, NCI Thesaurus)