tylenol
US/ˈtaɪləˌnɑl/
tylenol noun: the pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (“paracetamol”).
Noun (1)
tylenol (countable and uncountable, plural tylenols)
- The pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (“paracetamol”).
- A tablet containing this drug.
Proper noun capitalized: Tylenol
Tylenol
- A brand of acetaminophen (“paracetamol”).
- Top U.S. health officials urged pregnant women not to use acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, claiming it could cause autism, though studies have been inconclusive.2025 September 22, Azeen Ghorayshi, “Trump Issues Warning Based on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
Noun (2) capitalized: Tylenol
Tylenol (countable and uncountable, plural Tylenols)
- Alternative form of tylenol (genericized trademark) (the pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (“paracetamol”))
- Alternative form of tylenol (a tablet containing this drug)
Synonyms of tylenol
Forms of tylenol
| plural | tylenols |
|---|---|
| plural | Tylenols |
Origin of tylenol
Genericized trademark from Tylenol.
Clipping of para-acetylaminophenol.
Questions about tylenol
- What does tylenol mean?
- Tylenol means the pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (“paracetamol”).
- What part of speech is tylenol?
- Tylenol can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tylenol?
- Tylenol is pronounced /ˈtaɪləˌnɑl/ (US).
- What is the plural of tylenol?
- The plural of tylenol is tylenols.
Words near tylenol in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tylenol (page history and authors); Tylenol (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-ca-Tylenol.opus.
Cite this entry: “tylenol.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tylenol. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.