Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anaesthetic

1 sense of anaesthetic

Sense 1
anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent -- (a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations)
       => drug -- (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Antonyms of adj anaesthetic

1 of 2 senses of anaesthetic

Sense 2
anesthetic (prenominal), anaesthetic (prenominal) -- (characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state")

INDIRECT (VIA insensible) -> sensible, sensitive -- (able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin")

Similarity of adj anaesthetic

2 senses of anaesthetic

Sense 1
anaesthetic, anesthetic -- (relating to or producing insensibility)

Sense 2
anesthetic (prenominal), anaesthetic (prenominal) -- (characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state")
       => insensible (vs. sensible) -- (incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth")