sedative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
Types & categories
- drug of abuse hypernym
- medication hypernym
- chloral hydrate hyponym
- glutethimide hyponym
- sedative-hypnotic hyponym
Related & opposite
- knock down derivation
- dismay derivation
- depressant derivation
- sedative derivation
Sense 2 adjective
tending to soothe or tranquilize
valium has a tranquilizing effect
Related & opposite
- sedative derivation
- tranquilizer derivation
- ataraxia derivation
- sedate derivation
- depressant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismay |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | depressant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | drug of abuse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chloral hydrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glutethimide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sedative-hypnotic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tranquilizer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ataraxia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | depressant |