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sleeping pill

sleep·ing pill
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [slee-ping pil]
    • /ˈsli pɪŋ pɪl/
    • /sliːp pɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [slee-ping pil]
    • /ˈsli pɪŋ pɪl/

Definitions of sleeping pill words

  • noun sleeping pill a pill or capsule containing a drug for inducing sleep. 1
  • countable noun sleeping pill A sleeping pill is a pill that you can take to help you sleep. 0
  • noun sleeping pill a pill or tablet containing a sedative drug, such as a barbiturate, used to induce sleep 0
  • noun sleeping pill a pill or capsule containing a drug, esp. a barbiturate, for inducing sleep 0
See all 4 definitions of sleeping pill

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Origin of sleeping pill

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Sleeping pill

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sleeping pill

sleeping pill popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sleeping pill usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sleeping pill

noun sleeping pill

  • barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
  • barbiturates — any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
  • calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
  • hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
All 4 Synonyms of sleeping pill

Antonyms for sleeping pill

noun sleeping pill

  • analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
  • bennies — Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
  • meth — methamphetamine; Methedrine.
  • meths — methamphetamine; Methedrine.
All 4 Antonyms of sleeping pill

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