English adjective: anesthetic | |||
1. | anesthetic relating to or producing insensibility | ||
Synonyms | anaesthetic | ||
2. | anesthetic characterized by insensibility | ||
Samples | The young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic. An anesthetic state. | ||
Synonyms | anaesthetic | ||
Similar | insensible | ||
Antonyms | sensible, sensitive | ||
English noun: anesthetic | |||
1. | anesthetic (artifact) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | ||
Synonyms | anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drug | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | general anaesthetic, general anesthetic, intravenous anesthetic, local, local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, spinal anaesthetic, spinal anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic | ||