Synonyms of the word

astringent

• n. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
• adj. Sharp, caustic, severe.
• adj. (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.

acerb

• adj. Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit.
• adj. Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

acerbic

• adj. Tasting sour or bitter.
• adj. Sharp, harsh, biting.

hemostatic

• adj. Of or pertaining to hemostasis.
• adj. That checks bleeding; styptic.
• n. Any medicine that stops bleeding.

medicament

• n. A medicine, medication or drug.

medication

• n. A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
• n. The administration of medicine.

medicine

• n. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
• n. A treatment or cure.
• n. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
• n. The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
• n. Ritual Native American magic used by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting,…
• n. Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act…
• n. (obsolete) black magic, superstition.
• n. (obsolete) A philtre or love potion.
• n. (obsolete) A physician.
• n. (slang) recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks.
• v. (rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine.

sour

• adj. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
• adj. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
• adj. Tasting or smelling rancid.
• adj. Peevish or bad-tempered.
• adj. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
• adj. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
• adj. Unfortunate or unfavorable.
• adj. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
• n. The sensation of a sour taste.
• n. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
• n. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
• n. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
• v. (transitive) To make sour.
• v. (intransitive) To become sour.
• v. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
• v. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
• v. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
• v. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

styptic

• adj. Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
• adj. Specifically, that stops bleeding.
• n. A substance used for styptic results.