All painkiller synonyms
pain·kill·er
P p noun painkiller
- laudanum — a tincture of opium.
- anaesthetic — Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake.
- hard drug — an addicting drug capable of producing severe physical or psychological dependence, as heroin.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
- hard stuff — strongly addictive drugs.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- nepenthe — a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
adjective painkiller
- anodyne — If you describe something as anodyne, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone.