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Sedative

🔄 Synonyms of "Sedative"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
tranquilizingnoun	Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
downernoun	(slang) Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
ataracticnoun	(pharmacology) That has a tranquilizing effect.
ataraxicnoun	(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
depressantnoun	(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
sedative drugnoun	a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sedative"

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Word	Definition
tranquilizingnoun	Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
ataracticnoun	(pharmacology) That has a tranquilizing effect.
depressantnoun	(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
ataraxic	(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
downernoun	(slang) Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
sedative drugnoun	a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
sedationnoun	The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.
tranquilizernoun	(pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.
tranquillisernoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tranquilizer. [That which tranquillizes or soothes.]
anestheticnoun	(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
painkillernoun	(pharmacology) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
pillnoun	(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
thalidomidenoun	(pharmacology) A drug sold during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
shot	Tired, weary.
hypnoticsnoun	(pharmacology) A soporific substance.
calmativenoun	Calming.
tranquillizernoun	(US) Alternative spelling of tranquilizer. [That which tranquillizes or soothes.]
soporificnoun	(pharmacology) Tending to induce sleep.
hypnoticnoun	Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
narcoticnoun	(pharmacology) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.