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 bastards

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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