RELAXANT Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

relaxant

adjective

Definition of relaxant

as in sedative

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Recent Examples of relaxant Ashwagandha comes with natural relaxant properties to calm down your mind and recharge your brain. — Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023

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Adjective

But the police also caution that many stories involving scopolamine verge on urban legend, and confirm that most criminals use other sedative drugs to manipulate their victims.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Otto recommends families seek opinions from pediatricians, speech-language pathologists and ENT doctors before deciding on a frenectomy, following a recent Fort Worth procedure that ended in a 4-year-old girl’s death from a sedative overdose.

— Star-Telegram staff. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of sedative

Adjective

Clancy’s psychiatrist already took the stand to discuss the defendant’s anxiety in September, which turned into insomnia in October, after she was prescribed the anti-depressant Zoloft.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
At the time of the 1998 murder-suicide, Brynn had cocaine, alcohol and a prescription anti-depressant in her system, The New York Times reported.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of depressant

Adjective

Written with collaborators such as Kevin McCall and Sevyn Streeter, the lyrics skew unrepentant fuckboy, the sound narcotic.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
The only comparable case in the last three years involved Los Nogales, a restaurant in Meeker, which allegedly dispensed antibiotics and non-narcotic cough medicines.

— Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of narcotic

Adjective

Because poppy seeds come from the same plant species used to produce opiates, consuming large amounts can sometimes lead to detectable levels of opiate compounds in urine tests.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Because Demerol is an opiate, doctors would have needed to administer Narcan to reverse its effects, detectives wrote.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

Definition of opiate

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