TRANQUILIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does tranquilize mean?
• TRANQUILIZE (verb)
The verb TRANQUILIZE has 2 senses:
1. make calm or still
2. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
Familiarity information: TRANQUILIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRANQUILIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
tranquillise; tranquilize; still; tranquillize; calm; quiet; quieten; calm down; lull
Context example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Hypernyms (to "tranquilize" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tranquilize"):
lull (calm by deception)
compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)
appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot tranquilize Sue
Meaning:
Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize; calm
Context example:
The patient must be sedated before the operation
Hypernyms (to "tranquilize" is one way to...):
affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tranquilize"):
hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize (induce hypnosis in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
