antibacterial drug

1. 1.

   any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth

   Synonymsantibacterialbactericide

   Broadermedicine

   Narrowerantibioticazithromycindapsonedicloxacillinhexachloropheneisoniazidmethenaminenalidixic acidNeosporinnitrofurantoin

Questions about antibacterial drug

What does antibacterial drug mean?

antibacterial drug means "any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth".

What is another word for antibacterial drug?

Close synonyms include antibacterial, bactericide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antibacterial drug a common word?

antibacterial drug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.