as in sedative
something (as a drug) that relieves pain
the doctor prescribed an analgesic and rest for my injured knee
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Recent Examples of analgesic
New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2025
While its medicinal benefits in humans need more research, some studies suggest lemongrass has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and analgesic (pain-relieving) properties.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 31 July 2025
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
This analgesic effect can be particularly beneficial after strenuous activities.
—Emily Peck, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The drug breaks ground as the first and only in a category of non-opioid analgesics to treat fibromyalgia.
—New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2025
While its medicinal benefits in humans need more research, some studies suggest lemongrass has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and analgesic (pain-relieving) properties.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 31 July 2025
Adjective
An analgesic medication that works in the brain to reduce mild to moderate pain by increasing the body’s pain threshold and changing the way the body senses pain.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
This analgesic effect can be particularly beneficial after strenuous activities.
—Emily Peck, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analgesic
Noun
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That specific request was made because those three drugs combine to make BAM, a powerful animal sedative that authorities allege Barry used to kill his wife.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Florida’s lethal injections are carried out with a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the state Department of Corrections.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The suit alleges that surgeon Dare Ajibade gave Easley an excessive amount of the anesthetic lidocaine during the 6½-hour procedure and failed to recognize persistent vomiting afterward as a sign of toxicity.—
Fred Schulte,
Miami Herald,
30 Dec. 2025
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Perry died in 2023 at age 54 from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine with drowning a contributing factor.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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After that incident, the department changed its approach and shot the remaining three adults with tranquilizer darts rather than a firearm, then euthanized them on the ground with injections of the type a sick animal might receive when being put to sleep by a veterinarian.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Apparently, the chair was missing its appendix, a lever manufactured in Hungary roughly the same shape and size as sticks of an opiate called Thebaine.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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The threat from fentanyl is not a foreign nation, but someone in a basement lab who can prompt AI properly to generate the synthetic opiate.—
Ibrahim Al-Marashi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The problem is that to be so universally inoffensive, an affiliative joke usually ends up being overworn and anodyne.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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This season of The Golden Bachelor is shaping up to be the most anodyne viewing of the fall.—
Ali Barthwell,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Plus, Palmer and Goode's oh-so-palpable chemistry conjures up a hypnotic charm that even Harkness couldn't resist.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The drink is known for its mild euphoria and depressant effects.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Analgesic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analgesic. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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