Synonyms for hypnotics
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hip-not-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɪpˈnɒt ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for hypnotics Other synonyms for the word hypnotics
- analgesic
- anodyne
- balmy
- barbiturate
- benzodiazepine
- bromide
- brown stuff
- calmant
- calmative
- calming
- codeine
- deadening
- depressant
- dormitive
- downer
- dozy
- drowsy
- dull
- fix
- gas
- hard stuff
- hypnotic
- inhalant
- junk
- knockout pill
- laudanum
- lenitive
- mesmerizing
- nepenthe
- nerve medicine
- nightcap
- nodding
- numbing
- opium
- pacifier
- pain pill
- pain-killer
- painkiller
- papaverine
- poppy
- quietening
- quietive
- sedative
- sedative-hypnotic
- shot
- sleep-inducer
- sleeping pill
- sleeping tablet
- slumberous
- snoozy
- somnifacient
- somniferous
- somnolent
- soothing
- soporific
- spinal
- stuff
- stupefacient
- tar
- tranquilizer
- tranquilizing
- tranquillizer
Définition of hypnotics
Origin :- 1620s, "inducing sleep," originally used of drugs, from French hypnotique (16c.) "inclined to sleep, soporific," from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Greek hypnotikos "inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy," from hypnoun "put to sleep," from hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence). Modern sense of "pertaining to an induced trance" first recorded in English 1843, along with hypnotist, hypnotize, both coined by Dr. James Braid. Related: Hypnotical; hypnotically.
- As in narcotic : noun powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep
- As in opium : noun narcotic
- As in sedative : noun soothing agent, medicine
- As in sleeping pill : noun pill to aid sleep
- As in opiate : noun drug
- As in somnifacient : noun soporific
- As in anesthetic/anaesthetic : noun sleep-inducing or numbing drug
- The training of hypnotics has thrown light on this source of error.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- Insomnia must be relieved by opiates, chloral hydrate, or other hypnotics.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- Somnos has no deleterious action on blood as is common with other hypnotics.
- Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
- If physicians were made accountable, they would use narcotics, hypnotics, and cocaine only when absolutely necessary.
- Extract from : « Habits that Handicap » by Charles B. Towns
- Hypnotics are medicines that relieve pain by procuring sleep, such as hops, &c.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
- Then he'd drugged himself with a combination of opiates and hypnotics that should have knocked out a horse.
- Extract from : « Pursuit » by Lester del Rey
- There are many similarities between the actions and the mentality of hypnotics and of those in secondary-personality conditions.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
- With instinctive wariness he thought of hypnotics and single-shot addictors.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Staked the Stars » by Charles Dye
Antonyms for hypnotics
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