'Tranquilize' definitions:
Definition of 'tranquilize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on]
verb
Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]
Definition of 'Tranquilize'
From: GCIDE
- Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F. tranquilliser.] To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. [1913 Webster] Tranquilizer
Synonyms of 'tranquilize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allay,
- appease,
- arrange,
- array,
- balm,
- becalm,
- calm,
- calm down,
- cease,
- compose,
- conciliate,
- cool,
- cool off,
- cradle,
- defuse,
- deploy,
- die down,
- dispose,
- dulcify,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ebb,
- even out,
- form,
- gentle,
- grade,
- halt,
- harmonize,
- hierarchize,
- hush,
- lay,
- lay out,
- lay the dust,
- line up,
- lull,
- marshal,
- methodize,
- molder,
- mollify,
- normalize,
- order,
- organize,
- pacify,
- placate,
- pour balm into,
- pour balm on,
- propitiate,
- quell,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- rank,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- rest,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- routinize,
- sedate,
- set up,
- settle,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- soothe,
- stabilize,
- standardize,
- steady,
- still,
- stop,
- structure,
- subdue,
- subside,
- systematize,
- wane
Words containing 'Tranquilize'
- Tranquil,
- Tranquilization,
- Tranquilized,
- Tranquilizer,
- Tranquilizing,
- Tranquilizingly,
- Tranquillity,
- Tranquillization,
- Tranquillize,
- Tranquillizer,
- Tranquillizing,
- Tranquillizingly,
- Tranquilness,
- tranquility,
- Tranquillity, CA,
- major tranquilizer,
- major tranquillizer,
- minor tranquilizer,
- minor tranquillizer