Synonyms for sedative

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : sed-uh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛd ə tɪv

Top 10 synonyms for sedative

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Définition of sedative

Origin : "tending to calm or soothe," early 15c., from Medieval Latin sedativus "calming, allaying," from sedat-, past participle stem of sedare, causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). The noun derivative meaning "a sedative drug" is attested from 1785. Hence, "whatever soothes or allays."

adj soothing
noun soothing agent, medicine

Example sentences :

This piece of information had by no means a sedative effect.
Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames

Used as a sedative in tincture; ten to twenty drops in water.
Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

And added, "Indeed, what can we do for sorrow except give the body a sedative?"
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

If she had possessed any sedative drug she would have taken it.
Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy

I brought her here for a sedative; but I find it is no such matter.
Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell

The sedative carried him just as far as that and then he collapsed again.
Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford

She managed to sooth the girl, and gave her a sedative which calmed her nerves.
Extract from : « A Coin of Edward VII » by Fergus Hume

Hot water acts as a stimulant and antiseptic, as a sedative and as a food.
Extract from : « Intestinal Ills » by Alcinous Burton Jamison

Jenkins, being summoned at once, prescribed some sedative remedies.
Extract from : « The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet

But this that I have just had recourse to is soothing and sedative.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Antonyms for sedative

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