elixir
[noun]
Synonyms: panacea, nostrum

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Related Words: balm, cure, therapy, therapeutic

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

e‧lix‧ir /ɪˈlɪksə $ -ər/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: Arabic al-iksir 'the elixir', probably from Greek xerion 'powder for drying wounds', from xeros 'dry']

1. [countable] literary a magical liquid that is supposed to cure people of illness, make them younger etc:
the search for the elixir of life

2. [countable] something that is supposed to solve problems as if by magic:
The current new wave of technology should prove an economic elixir.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲