Antonyms of noun generic_drug

1 sense of generic drug

Sense 1
generic drug -- (when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees; "generic drugs are usually cheaper than brand-name drugs")
       Antonym of brand-name drug (Sense 1)
      => brand-name drug, proprietary drug -- (a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent))

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

1 sense of generic drug

Sense 1
generic drug -- (when the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees; "generic drugs are usually cheaper than brand-name drugs")
       => generic -- (any product that can be sold without a brand name)
       => drug -- (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)