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

Hormone replacement therapy can be delivered in a number of ways, including options like pills, patches, sprays or gels, or a vaginal ring that can deliver doses of hormones directly into the bloodstream. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Although a small number of peptide medicines are already available as pills, most candidates still face formidable barriers to oral delivery. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Pseudoephedrine pills or nasal spray can relieve a stuffy nose or sinus pressure by restricting blood vessels and opening airways in your nasal passages. — Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

According to the release, officers recovered a loaded firearm, oxycodone pills and around $6,600. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

The operation was part of a broader conspiracy involving more than 87,000 oxycodone pills, according to federal prosecutors. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

When asked, Beckham handed the bottles to Pierce, who noted three different types of pills in the bottle. — Steven Mross, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026

West Virginia, vulnerable to the flood of pain pills in the late nineties and early two-thousands because of the state’s high rates of disability and poverty, has a higher rate of overdose deaths than any state in the country. — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

Mud is used for beauty (facials) and medicine (clay pills to alleviate diarrhea). — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2026