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 bastard

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 The agency has repeatedly reaffirmed the pill’s safety and effectiveness over the years, in addition to easing a number of restrictions on the drug, including dropping a requirement that it be dispensed in person. — CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The agency has repeatedly reaffirmed the pill's safety and effectiveness over the years, in addition to easing a number of restrictions on the drug, including dropping a requirement that it be dispensed in person. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 The need-to-know this morning Cerevance said its experimental pill solengepras reduced Parkinson’s patients’ daily off-time, alongside other symptoms, in a Phase 3 trial. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026 West Virginia, vulnerable to the flood of pain pills in the late nineties and early two-thousands because of the state’s high rates of disability and poverty, has a higher rate of overdose deaths than any state in the country. — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pill

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Noun

Ten simultaneous connections cover Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Google Chrome, so phones, laptops, and tablets stay protected under one account.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Research in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) indicates blink rates can drop by around 50% during phone, tablet and computer use.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of tablet

Noun

The capsules will separate from the vehicle and collect data on how different heat shield materials withstand extreme conditions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
The capsule recovery was quick, with it being hauled up onto a SpaceX vessel in less than an hour.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of capsule

Noun

Bella’s childhood friend Angus (Jake Simmance), a corporate jerk, condescendingly probes Johnny about his career.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
There was significant excitement over the first-look footage revealing perhaps the world’s biggest movie star transforming himself to become a portly, gray-haired jerk in an offbeat feature focusing on climate change.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerk

Noun

Officials say the last animal confirmed to have rabies that wasn’t a bat was a skunk infected with the bat strain of rabies in Long Beach in 2014.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
And coyotes regulate populations of mesocarnivores like skunks and raccoons, helping support the survival of ground-nesting birds.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of skunk

Noun

The smart kids, the shy ones, the jokers and the loners — every one of them is caught in the pyroclastic flow of adolescence, every minute a negotiation between fitting in and standing out.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
The jokers Toth and Jackson, bless them, keep things endearing and funny.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of joker

Noun

Over a 13-month period that included the COVID-19 shutdown, the study identified 232 animal carcasses along the route, including bighorn sheep, mountain lions, squirrels and snakes.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
So was everyone relieved when the new Anaconda turned out to be a meta comedy and not some hardcore snake movie like Beware Boiúna?

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026