Synonyms of pills

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tablets
• capsules
• drugs
• doses
• medications
• lozenges
• caps
• pharmaceuticals
• remedies
• drops
• dosages
• potions
• preparations
• cures
• physics
• medicinals
• gelcaps
• specifics
• wonder drugs
• miracle drugs
• boluses
• pilules

2

as in dogs

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

she can be such a pill when things don't go her way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dogs
• bastards
• jerks
• clowns
• skunks
• jokers
• creeps
• snakes
• rats
• heels
• idiots
• reptiles
• beasts
• buggers
• morons
• louses
• toads
• swine
• brutes
• villains
• sons of guns
• cads
• varmints
• curs
• rotters
• cruds
• bounders
• scums
• stinkers
• vermin
• blighters
• bleeders
• brats
• scumbags
• scuzzballs
• schmucks
• finks
• sods
• louts
• buzzards
• nuisances
• boors
• fools
• slimes
• dirtbags
• cretins
• stinkards
• hounds
• nuts
• crumbs
• sleazes
• churls
• slimeballs
• barbarians
• rat finks
• savages
• scabs
• sleazeballs
• sleazebags
• nerds
• dopes
• slobs
• so-and-sos
• chuffs
• boobies
• wretches
• scoundrels
• rascals
• cavemen
• rogues
• loudmouths
• vulgarians
• lowlifes
• blockheads
• imbeciles
• roughnecks
• turkeys
• dinks
• goons
• miscreants
• scamps
• dolts
• snips
• Neanderthals
• nincompoops
• airheads
• ninnies
• pests
• snots
• nits
• snobs
• jackasses
• doofuses
• insolents
• schmoes
• dorks
• nitwits
• dweebs
• birdbrains
• snoots
• half-wits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• ladies
• gentlemen
• role models
• idols
• heroines
• saints
• angels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pills

The agency had helped fund academic research that later formed the basis for two Gilead HIV pills, Truvada and Descovy. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 July 2026

The participants underwent a battery of physical exams, and then were put on personalized protocols, prescribed by doctors, before receiving their first pills and injections. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Researchers are already exploring approaches such as lowering doses, taking medicines less frequently (like monthly or quarterly), or switching from injections to pills. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 July 2026

During the investigation, law enforcement seized more than six kilograms of methamphetamine pills, about 600 grams of metonitazene pills and about 300 grams of pills containing a synthetic amphetamine, officials said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

What This Means for You Though researchers didn’t test this in humans, the findings still suggest that using alkaline water to swallow pills could weaken their protective coating, potentially causing the drug to release too soon. — Zoe Cunniffe, Health, 9 July 2026

Investigators also reportedly found two unused syringes and several white pills inside a bag in his vehicle. — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

This small-but-mighty organizer features 10 compartments of various sizes and can fit up to a week’s worth of pills. — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026

Over that period, affiliates dispensed about 25% fewer packs of birth control pills and conducted about 20% fewer breast cancer exams than the previous year. — ABC News, 6 July 2026