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

Their demands for records mirror a New Mexico lawsuit and whistleblower claims that agents were ordered to stand down instead of seizing hundreds of thousands of lethal pills. — Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Authorities alleged Davis received more than 13,000 pills for Oxycodone and Percocet from November 2019 through March 2024. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Participants had a median age of 60 and were taking between two and 11 pills daily before switching to Bixlenvo. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

His cause of death was an accidental overdose of prescription pills. — Imani Sumbi, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

Reddington is focusing on the allegation that Clancy crushed pills and placed them in lemonade as part of her suicide attempt. — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

Deputies seized about 100 pills and approximately $1,000 in cash during a search of his home, FOX 5 DC reported. — Emma Bussey , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

California Highway Patrol officers in Northern California issued a warning over the weekend after pills resembling children's vitamins and candy were found to have drugs. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

That never was proved, although it was confirmed at the trial that Hyde had bought cyanide pills in the weeks before the three deaths in the house on Pleasant Street. — Dan Kelly august 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026