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

1 sense of analeptic

Sense 1
analeptic -- (a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system)
       => stimulant, stimulant drug, excitant -- (a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process)

Antonyms of adj analeptic

1 sense of analeptic

Sense 1
analeptic -- (stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system")

INDIRECT (VIA stimulative) -> depressant -- (capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)

Similarity of adj analeptic

1 sense of analeptic

Sense 1
analeptic -- (stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system")
       => stimulative (vs. depressant) -- (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)