Word: antidepressants
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
de
pre
ssants
Definition: Plural of antidepressant; any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Against, hostile to.
Affix: depress
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
Meaning: off, away, down, out
Affix: premō
Language: la
Decoded: premo
Meaning: to press
Affix: -ant
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Alternative form of -and. Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing .
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āns
Language: la
Decoded: -ans
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; ee -ns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.