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pill

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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

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

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