PILL Synonyms: 132 Similar and Opposite Words

pill

noun

Definition of pill

as in tablet

a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally you'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu

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as in dog

a person whose behavior is offensive to others she can be such a pill when things don't go her way

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Recent Examples of pill He was prescribed Bactrim, a sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim antibiotic commonly used to treat Cyclosporiasis, and said his symptoms improved within several hours of taking the first pill. — Janelle Mella, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026 The Take That alum, 52, quickly picks up the substance − about the size of a pill − and continues his on-air conversation. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 July 2026 The upside is durability — a single dose of DT120 held up for twelve weeks, and COMP360 showed benefit out to six months — which changes the reimbursement math by reducing chronic daily-pill utilization in favor of periodic in-clinic sessions. — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 In 2023, at least three people were killed in retaliatory violence that Zambada directed after a large cache of fentanyl pills, methamphetamine and cocaine was stolen from the cartel, prosecutors said. — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pill

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Noun

Confirmation of every device regularly used to access your account, including mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Hold your phone up rather than looking down, and use a case with a stand for tablets so the screen sits upright.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of tablet

Noun

On Saturday, rescue crews aided by dogs and detectors found signs of life, confirming that at least one survivor was still trapped beneath the rubble.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Most famously, in 1966 the trophy was found underneath a hedge by a dog called Pickles a week after thieves had taken it from Westminster Central Hall, London, following England’s victory.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of dog

Noun

These two hypervirulent bacterial samples had key mutations in genes that produce the bacterium’s capsule, explaining their gloopiness.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
The gelatinous layer that covers sunfish is called a capsule, and their skin hosts all kinds of distinct microorganisms.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Definition of capsule

Noun

Led and inspired by Chef Wayne Sharpe, this fast Jamaican restaurant serves iconic island meals like jerk chicken, jerk shrimp, vegan jerk, pineapple plantains, rice and peas, and Jamaican patties.

— Alexandra Phelps July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Bates plans to expand that menu in the new brick-and-mortar restaurant, adding dishes like jerk catfish pasta and Louisiana Cajun cream sauce over dirty rice.

— Joey Schamber, jsonline.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of jerk

Noun

Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
The group demonstrated near the Washington Monument and was met by a few counter protestors, one of which played clown music throughout the majority of the demonstration.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

On Martha’s Vineyard, a low-lying fence with chicken wire is installed seasonally at the entrance of a key breeding site for oystercatchers and other seabirds and shorebirds, which has kept skunks and raccoons that eat their eggs off the beach.

— Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Very Rivian also means yeti graphics on its vehicles, and Easter eggs like a frog and skunk underneath the washer fluid cover up front.

— Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of skunk

Noun

Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2026

Definition of joker

Noun

The tracker implanted inside her will eventually lead the team to more snakes.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Guidry, at the prow, raised the lantern, revealed in the circle oflight a bobbing tangle of sargassum weed, a swimming snake, a child’s cloth doll.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026