Word forms: plural tranquillizerslanguage note: The spellings tranquilizer in American English, and tranquilliser in British English, are also used.
countable noun
A tranquillizer is a drug that makes people feel calmer or less anxious. Tranquillizers are sometimes used to make people or animals become sleepy or unconscious.
Synonyms: sedative, opiate, barbiturate, downer [slang] More Synonyms of tranquillizer
tranquillizer in British English
or tranquilliser or US tranquilizer (ˈtræŋkwɪˌlaɪzə)
noun
1.
a drug that calms a person without affecting clarity of consciousness
2.
anything that tranquillizes
Examples of 'tranquillizer' in a sentence
tranquillizer
Well, I'll write you a prescription for a mild tranquillizer.
Adams, N I.O.U. - SOMEONE HAS TO PAY
He knew what it was even before he saw the tranquillizer gun in Dennison's hand.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
His neck ached but he assumed that was more from the position he'd lain on the floor than from any after-effects of the tranquillizer.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
In other languages
tranquillizer
British English: tranquillizer /ˈtræŋkwɪˌlaɪzə/ NOUN
A tranquillizer is a drug that is used to make people or animals become sleepy or unconscious.
...a horse tranquillizer.
American English: tranquilizer
Arabic: مُهَدِّئ
Brazilian Portuguese: tranquilizante
Chinese: 镇定剂
Croatian: sredstvo za uspavljivanje
Czech: sedativum
Danish: beroligende middel
Dutch: tranquillizer
European Spanish: tranquilizante
Finnish: rauhoittava lääke
French: calmant
German: Beruhigungsmittel
Greek: ηρεμιστικό
Italian: tranquillante
Japanese: 精神安定剤
Korean: 신경 안정제
Norwegian: beroligende middel
Polish: środek uspokajający
European Portuguese: tranquilizante
Romanian: sedativ
Russian: транквилизатор
Latin American Spanish: sedante
Swedish: lugnande medel
Thai: ยากล่อมประสาท
Turkish: sakinleştirici
Ukrainian: транквілізатор
Vietnamese: thuốc an thần
Chinese translation of 'tranquillizer'
tranquillizer
or (US) tranquilizer
(ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪzəʳ)
n(c)
镇(鎮)静(靜)剂(劑) (zhènjìngjì)
(noun)
Definition
a drug that calms someone suffering from anxiety, tension, etc.