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

1 sense of laxative

Sense 1
laxative -- (a mild cathartic)
       => purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient -- (a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels)

Antonyms of adj laxative

1 sense of laxative

Sense 1
laxative (vs. costive) -- (stimulating evacuation of feces)

costive (vs. laxative) -- (retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating)

Similarity of adj laxative

1 sense of laxative

Sense 1
laxative (vs. costive) -- (stimulating evacuation of feces)
       => aperient -- (mildly laxative)
       => cathartic, evacuant, purgative -- (strongly laxative)