Associations to the word «Tranquilizer»

Wiktionary

TRANQUILIZER, noun. That which tranquillizes or soothes.
TRANQUILIZER, noun. (pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension; a sedative.

Dictionary definition

TRANQUILIZER, noun. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats