Sedative

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sedative \Sed"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]datif.]
     Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically
     (Med.), allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sedative \Sed"a*tive\, n. (Med.)
     A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and
     irritative activity or pain.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sedative
       adj : tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a
             tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative
             properties before going to bed" [syn: {ataractic}, {ataraxic},
              {tranquilizing}, {tranquilising}]
       n : a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn: {sedative
           drug}, {depressant}, {downer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sedative":
     Mickey Finn, allaying, anodyne, balm, barbiturate, calmant,
     calmative, calming, depressant, depressing, downer, hypnotic,
     lenitive, narcotic, opiate, pacifier, relaxing, sleep-inducing,
     sleeping, sleeping pill, soothing, soporific, tranquilizer