antispasmodic
adjective, noun
antispasmodic is an adjective meaning “Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-S-P-A-S-M-O-D-I-C, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antispasmodic mean?
adjective
- 1
Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
- 1
A drug that suppresses spasms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antispasmodic
- antispasmodics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antispasmodic?
Antispasmodic appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antispasmodic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | antispastique, antispasmodique |
| Portuguese | antiespasmódico |
| German | Antispasmodikum |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antispasmodic come from?
From anti- + spasmodic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).