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

While the study involving Touzalin looks at semaglutide shots, the other studies examined semaglutide pills in one and exenatide shots in the other. — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

The new review comes as New Mexico authorities continue an investigation into whether DEA agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Our linen closet has long doubled as a medicine station — stocked with bronchodilators, pinworm pills, antiviral medication, pain relief patches, pulse oximeters and nebulizers, vials of Prednisone, even EpiPen injectors. — Allan Ripp, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Sports exist for many reasons — to test the limits of human achievement; to give children a reason to run around for a while; to sell beer, hot dogs and pills for middle-aged men. — Will Leitch, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2026

Beyond the patch, other options for estradiol delivery include pills, creams and sprays. — Beth Sobol, Flow Space, 12 Aug. 2026

Both companies say that weight-loss pills are expanding the market, rather than being bought only by people who'd already used the more expensive injectables. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

Officers also found more than 460 fentanyl pills, $10,020 in cash and other drugs, including oxycodone and methamphetamine pills, inside and near the vehicle. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

But a recent study looking at the 66 side effects described in the pills’ package insert said 62 don’t stand up to scrutiny. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026