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Tranquilizing

🔄 Synonyms of "Tranquilizing"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
sedativenoun	(pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
ataracticnoun	(pharmacology) That has a tranquilizing effect.
ataraxicnoun	(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
depressantnoun	(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tranquilizing"

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Word	Definition
ataracticnoun	(pharmacology) That has a tranquilizing effect.
sedativenoun	(pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
depressantnoun	(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
ataraxicnoun	(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
calmativenoun	A drug with calming effects.
anxiolytic	(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
opiatenoun	(pharmacology) A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
soporific	(pharmacology) Tending to induce sleep.
hypnotic	Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
somniferous	(pharmacology) causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
antiorgastic	(rare) allaying sexual excitement; sedative.
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.
somnifacientnoun	Any pharmaceutical product that causes sleep.
somnorificnoun	soporific; inducing sleep
dormitive	Causing sleep.
stupefacientnoun	(medicine) Any drug that induces stupor or drowsiness.
stupefactive	Inducing stupor; making drowsy; stupefacient.
equisedative	equally sedative
antiautistic	Exhibiting, characteristic of, or relating to antipathy toward and/or discrimination against autistic people.