sedative
Syllables: sed·a·tive/ˈsɛdətɪv/
sedative noun: an agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
Noun
sedative (plural sedatives)
- An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
- Michael Jackson probably died after he rapidly injected himself with a dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol on top of a large dose of sedatives he swallowed when Dr. Conrad Murray was away, the defense’s propofol expert testified Friday. […] White also concluded that Jackson swallowed a large...2011 October 28, Alan Duke, “Michael Jackson gave himself fatal overdose, expert says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016
- Synonyms:
- sleeping pill, soporific, tranquilizer, anxiolytic, depressant, downer
Adjective
sedative (comparative more sedative, superlative most sedative)
- Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
sedative meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sedative in Hindi
- sedative, tranquilizer
- शामक śāmak
sedative in Tamil
- அமைதிப்படுத்து மருந்து, மயக்க மருந்து, தணிப்பி, அமைதிப்படுத்தும் மருந்து, நரம்பு தூண்டலை மட்டுப்படுத்துபவை, பதற்றக்குறைப்பு மருந்து
sedative in Marathi
- शामक औषध
sedative in Urdu
- سیڈیٹیو
More languagesFewer languages
- sedative in Bengali
- সেডেটিভ, শামক ওষুধ
- sedative in Malayalam
- ശാന്തികരമായ, ശമകമായ, ശാന്തത നൽകുന്ന, പ്രശാന്തത കെെവരുത്തുന്ന
- sedative in Kannada
- ಶಾಮಕ, ಉಪಶಮನಕಾರಿ ಔಷಧಿ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ಅರವುರ ಕಡಿಮೆಗೊಳಿಸುವ
- sedative in Punjabi
- ਸੈਡੇਟਿਵ
- sedative in Gujarati
- શામક દવા
- sedative in Odia
- ଶାମକ ଔଷଧ
- sedative in Nepali
- सेडेटिभ, सिडेटिभ
- sedative in Arabic
- مُهَدِّئ muhaddiʔ, مُسَكِّن musakkin
- sedative in Indonesian
- obat penenang
- sedative in Vietnamese
- làm dịu
Examples of sedative in a sentence
- One is a hyperreflexive response to specific stimuli accompanying the overall sedative effects.
- Sedatives don't touch it; he can't rest; he can't even sleep.
- Even with an elephant dose of sedative, the horse was still kicking at him when he tried to clean the wound.
Synonyms of sedative
Forms of sedative
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sedatives |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more sedative |
| superlative | most sedative |
Origin of sedative
Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling. By surface analysis, sedate + -ive.
Words formed from sedative
Words that rhyme with sedative
Questions about sedative
- What does sedative mean?
- Sedative means an agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
- What is sedative in Hindi?
- Sedative in Hindi is शामक (śāmak). See Sedative meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sedative?
- Sedative can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sedative?
- Sedative is pronounced /ˈsɛdətɪv/.
- What is the plural of sedative?
- The plural of sedative is sedatives.
Words near sedative in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sedative (page history and authors); शामक (Hindi) (page history and authors); sedative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedative (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedative (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedative (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); sedative (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sedative (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedative (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedative (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sedative (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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