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

1 sense of antimetabolite

Sense 1
antimetabolite -- (an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite)
       => antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug -- (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)