sedatives
Meaning of sedatives
plural noun
- a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect.
she won't let them give her sedatives because of the baby
a mild sedative
late Middle English: from Old French sedatif or medieval Latin sedativus, from Latin sedat- ‘settled’, from the verb sedare (see sedate1).
Information about sedatives
CatalanHyphenation of sedatives
seda-tives
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 letters.
- sedatives is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sedatives synonyms
Meaning a medicinal drug taken to reduce tension or anxiety:
Meaning a calmative drug:
Meaning a depressant drug:
Meaning a drug or other substance that induces drowsiness or sleep:
Meaning a drug that relieves pain and induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility:
Meaning a drug derived from or related to opium:
Meaning a neuroleptic drug; a major tranquillizer:
Meaning another term for tranquillizer:
Meaning a person or animal who is asleep or who sleeps in a specified way:
Meaning a depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate:
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