Sedative

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  • adjective. Having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect; reducing or relieving anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement.
  • noun. An agent or a drug having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to calm, tranquilize, or soothe; specifically, in medicine, having the power of allaying or assuaging irritation, irritability, or pain.
  • noun. Whatever soothes, allays, or assuages; specifically, a medicine or a medical appliance which has the property of allaying irritation, irritability, or pain.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
  • adjective. Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
  • adjective. Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. tending to soothe or tranquilize
  • noun. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
    • Word Usage
    "Alcohol is a short-term sedative but may induce shallow sleep and less overall sleep time."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    exciting  stimulating  
    cross-reference
    cardiac sedatives  sedative salt  sedative water  
    Equivalent
    depressant  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    analgesic  anesthetic  anodyne  antibiotic  antidote  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Mickey Finn  allaying  anodyne  anxiolytic  assuaging  
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