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tranquilizer

Syllables: tran·quil·i·zer/ˈtɹæ̝ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ//ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/

tranquilizer noun: that which tranquillizes or soothes.

Noun

tranquilizer (plural tranquilizers)

  1. That which tranquillizes or soothes.
  2. A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.
    1. (broadly) A gun that fires sedative darts.

tranquilizer meaning in Kannada, Malay and Persian

tranquilizer in Kannada

ಶಾಂತಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಮದ್ದು, ಶಮನಕಾರಕ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ತರುವ ಔಷಧ, ಶ್ಯಾಮಕ

tranquilizer in Malay

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension
penenteram

tranquilizer in Persian

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension
آرامبخش ârâm-baxš

Synonyms of tranquilizer

Forms of tranquilizer

pluraltranquilizers
alternative UKtranquiliser
alternative UKtranquilliser
alternative UStranquillizer

Origin of tranquilizer

From tranquilize + -er.

Words formed from tranquilizer

Phrases with tranquilizer

Questions about tranquilizer

What does tranquilizer mean?
Tranquilizer means that which tranquillizes or soothes.
What is tranquilizer in Kannada?
Tranquilizer in Kannada is ಶಾಂತಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಮದ್ದು, ಶಮನಕಾರಕ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ತರುವ ಔಷಧ. See Tranquilizer meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is tranquilizer?
Tranquilizer is a noun.
How do you pronounce tranquilizer?
Tranquilizer is pronounced /ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/ (UK).
What is the plural of tranquilizer?
The plural of tranquilizer is tranquilizers.

Words near tranquilizer in the dictionary

  1. tranquility
  2. tranquilization
  3. tranquilizations
  4. tranquilize
  5. tranquilized
  6. tranquilizer
  7. tranquilizer dart
  8. tranquilizer darts
  9. tranquilizers
  10. tranquilizes
  11. tranquilizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tranquilizer (page history and authors); tranquilizer (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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