antitussive
noun, adjective
antitussive is a noun meaning “A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-T-U-S-S-I-V-E, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of antitussive is antitussives.
What does antitussive mean?
noun
- 1
A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
Coordinate term: protussive
adjective
- 1
Having cough suppressant abilities.
Coordinate term: protussive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antitussive
- antitussives plural
- more antitussive comparative
- most antitussive superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antitussive?
Antitussive appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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).
Antitussive in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | antitussif, médicament contre la toux, sirop contre la toux |
| German | Hustenstiller, Hustenmittel |
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 antitussive come from?
From anti- + tussive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).