pills

noun

plural of pill
1
as in tablets
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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2
as in bastards
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 pills The owner of the gas station where investigators say Robert Strang bought synthetic kratom denies that the pills found near the student's body came from his store. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Officers were able to go to the store and purchase similar pills to the ones found and have sent them off to crime labs for analysis, the criminal complaint said. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Stem cells, peptides, testosterone, pills, mounds of supplements just to keep everything balanced. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026 That’s the early potential of a new slate of injections, pills, and combination regimens targeting the amylin pathway, which involves a hormone released in the pancreas alongside insulin that helps regulate hunger and fullness. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 His death sparked a Charlotte Observer investigation that exposed how fentanyl pills disguised as Percocets were sold for $7 inside Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools —specifically Hough High School — and was killing teens or landing them in rehab. — Julia Coin october 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Some bottles of the prescription drug chlorthalidone, a diuretic prescribed to treat high blood pressure, have been recalled nationwide because the pills don’t dissolve properly. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Oct. 2026 In Colorado, only people convicted of selling more than 50 grams - or about 500 fentanyl pills - face mandatory prison time. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Hormonal conditions Many women may notice hair loss with changes in hormones such as during pregnancy, menopause or even after starting or stopping birth control pills. — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pills
  1. tablets
  2. dogs
  3. capsules
  4. jerks
  5. drugs
  6. clowns
  7. doses
  8. skunks
Noun
  • Viewers can switch cameras, audio streams and perspectives across phones, computers, tablets and VR headsets, effectively becoming their own live-event director.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In New York, there’s a bill in the state legislature that would require up to 30 minutes of recess in elementary schools, be held outside whenever possible, and not involve phones, laptops or tablets.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of tablets
Noun
  • Falling behind Gavin Kenneally, whose company makes industrial and military robot dogs, is working to find a new source of rare earth metals, of which China has nearly a global monopoly.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Sheriff’s cadaver dogs, deputies with shovels and a backhoe were seen at work.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of dogs
Noun
  • Isaacman stressed that, at this point, there are no other contenders to supply capsules for missions to the ISS and that SpaceX and Boeing will be the only options for the foreseeable future.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The brand’s creativity extended to special wedding and Valentine’s Day capsules, with the goal of keeping its customer engaged all year long.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of capsules
Noun
  • Lee and his Burning co-writer Oh Jung-mi resist what might have been the first instinct of many filmmakers by refusing to make Ye-ji and Sang-woo overly patronizing rich jerks.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Ars OpenForum is a place for readers to ask questions, compare notes, argue (without being jerks to each other), and go down all sorts of rabbit holes.
    — Eric Bangeman, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of jerks
Noun
  • Lee then paused all executions after acknowledging the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The medical team had trouble finding a vein to administer the lethal drugs and finally made an incision in his groin area.
    — Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of drugs
Noun
  • Because some of them are showing up to the game looking like clowns.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The excessiveness of Ken Russell, Joe Coleman, Tasha Tudor, clowns, migraines, Priscilla Presley, and the Winchester Mystery House.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of clowns
Noun
  • The team's doctor administered treatment doses according to height, with a standardized measuring tape against the wall to help determine the dose.
    — William McCarthy, NPR, 4 July 2026
  • One study suggested that patients should be prescribed three or four doses, as well as an additional dose in case it’s needed.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Definition of doses
Noun
  • In North Carolina, rabies cases are most commonly found in raccoons, skunks, foxes and bats, Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Health Administration Rafael Vieira told UNC Charlotte.
    — Eva Flowe October 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In California, bats and skunks are the animals that most often get rabies, according to the state health department.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of skunks

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“Pills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pills. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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