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pill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pill

1 a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
  • You'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu.
Synonyms of pill

cap, capsule, lozenge, tablet
Words Related to pill

cure, drug, medication, medicinal, pharmaceutical, physic, remedy, specific

miracle drug, wonder drug

potion, preparation

dosage, dose
2 a person whose behavior is offensive to others
  • She can be such a pill when things don't go her way.
Synonyms of pill

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cur, dog, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, rat, reptile, scum, skunk, slob, snake, stinker, swine, varmint, vermin
Words Related to pill

barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage

loudmouth, vulgarian

lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch

booby, fool, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nut

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey
Phrases Synonymous with pill

son of a gun
Near Antonyms of pill

hero, heroine, idol, role model

gentleman, lady

angel, saint

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