Definition of Tranquillize

1. Verb. Make calm or still. "The performance is likely to tranquillize Sue"; "Quiet the dragons of worry and fear"


2. Verb. Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
Exact synonyms: Calm, Sedate, Tranquilize, Tranquillise
Generic synonyms: Affect
Specialized synonyms: Hypnotise, Hypnotize, Mesmerise, Mesmerize
Derivative terms: Calm, Sedation, Sedative, Tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, Tranquillizer
Antonyms: Stimulate

Definition of Tranquillize

1. [v -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranquillize

tranquility
tranquilize
tranquilized
tranquilizer
tranquilizers
tranquilizes
tranquilizing
tranquiller
tranquillest
tranquillise
tranquilliser
tranquilliser
tranquillising agent
tranquillities
tranquillity
tranquillize (current term)
tranquillized
tranquillizer
tranquillizers
tranquillizes
tranquillizing
tranquilly
tranquilness
tranquilnesses
trans
trans-
trans-2-hydroxybenzylidenepyruvate hydratase-aldolase
trans-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase
trans-4-coumaroyl esterase
trans-activation (genetics)

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