painkiller
/ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)/
painkiller noun: a drug that numbs the pain in the body.
Noun
painkiller (plural painkillers)
- A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
- Near-synonym: analgesia
- While taking one pill and dying is rare, dying accidentally after using painkillers inappropriately is common. […] The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her...2012 November 15, Maxwell Newfield, “Prescription drug deaths: Two stories”, in CNN
painkiller meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada
painkiller in Tamil
- வலியைப் போக்கும் மருந்து
painkiller in Marathi
- a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- वेदनाशामक vednāśāmak
painkiller in Malayalam
- pain reliever, analgesic, anodyne
- വേദനസംഹാരി, വേദനസംഹാരിമരുന്ന്, അവതർപ്പണം, വേദന ഇല്ലാതാക്കുന്ന മരുന്ന്, വേദനാസംഹാരിയായഔഷധം, മയക്കുമരുന്ന്
painkiller in Kannada
- ನೋವು ನಿವಾರಕ, ನೋವು ಶಾಮಕ, ನೋವು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಔಷಧ, ವೇದನಾಶಾಮಕ, ನೋವಳಿಕ
More languagesFewer languages
- painkiller in Arabic
- ضِدَّ الأَلَم ḍidda l-ʔalam, مُسَكِّن musakkin
- painkiller in Malay
- ubat penahan sakit
- painkiller in Persian
- مسکن mosakken
- painkiller in Thai
- ยาแก้ปวด yaa-gɛ̂ɛ-bpùuat
- painkiller in Vietnamese
- thuốc giảm đau
Examples of painkiller in a sentence
- It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.
- I advise you to take some painkillers for the headache, it's probably nothing serious.
- I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
Synonyms of painkiller
Forms of painkiller
| plural | painkillers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pain killer |
Origin of painkiller
From pain + killer.
Questions about painkiller
- What does painkiller mean?
- Painkiller means a drug that numbs the pain in the body.
- What is painkiller in Tamil?
- Painkiller in Tamil is வலியைப் போக்கும் மருந்து. See Painkiller meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is painkiller?
- Painkiller is a noun.
- How do you pronounce painkiller?
- Painkiller is pronounced /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of painkiller?
- The plural of painkiller is painkillers.
Words near painkiller in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: painkiller (page history and authors); painkiller (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painkiller (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); painkiller (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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