sedative

sedative is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
2. adjective. allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
3. noun. A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
4. noun. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

   Synonyms: depressant, downer

5. adjective. tending to soothe or tranquilize

   "valium has a tranquilizing effect"

   "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed"

   Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing

Synonyms

depressant, downer, ataractic, ataraxic, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sedative:

deviates

Common word forms

sedatives

Words from these letters

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