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

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

While no one can be certain what happened, public health officials in Denver pointed to a change in supply, with fentanyl powder replacing counterfeit pills, as a possible cause for the spike in overdoses. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026

In an exam room at City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago, Gardner shook three light blue pills out of a bottle and, sipping water, swallowed them one at a time. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

These medications come in many different formulations, including transdermal patches, pills, and vaginal creams and rings. — Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026

Mexican authorities have dismantled well over a thousand clandestine drug laboratories, seized enormous quantities of narcotics and fentanyl pills, arrested thousands of cartel operatives, and extradited major criminal figures to the United States. — Chris Shays, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Authorities reportedly seized 70,114 ecstasy pills weighing about 26 kilograms (57 pounds) as well as 4 grams of methamphetamine. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

New research suggests a centuries-old practice may offer real relief without pills, prescriptions or a gym membership. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

With that out of the way, suck down some anti-nausea pills, put on a pair of shades, and prepare to be dazzled in all the wrong ways. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026