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

3 senses of elixir

Sense 1
elixir -- (a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste)
       => liquid -- (fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)

Sense 2
philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir -- (hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold)
       => substance -- (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man")

Sense 3
elixir -- (a substance believed to cure all ills)
       => potion -- (a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage)
       => panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all -- (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists)