elixirEnglishOxford American Thesauruselixir noun 1 an elixir guaranteed to induce love: potion, concoction, brew, philter, decoction; medicine, tincture, tonic; literary draft; archaic potation. 2 a cough elixir: mixture, solution, potion, tincture; extract, essence, concentrate, distillate, distillation.