Word

poison, n.
(poisons)
freq. cnt. 5

any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
<noun.substance> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

poison poisonous substance toxicant

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

poisonous poison poison poison

semantic pointers

hypernym

substance

hyponym

atropine hyoscyamine toxin

anything that harms or destroys
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

poison

sample sentences

"the poison of fascism"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

poisonous poisonous poison

semantic pointers

hypernym

destructiveness