Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Ataraxic

Definition: Ataraxic

Ataraxic

Adjective

1. Tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Ataraxic

Synonyms: ataractic (adj), sedative (adj), tranquilising (adj), tranquilizing (adj). (additional references)

Top     

Modern Translation: Ataraxic

Language Translations for "ataraxic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

beroligende middel (ataractic, sedative, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tranquillizer (tranquillizer), tranquilizer (ataractic, tranquilizer, tranquillizer), trankie (ataractic, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

   

French

  

tranquillisant (ataractic), orthothymique (ataractic), back wards (ataractic). (various references)

   

German

  

Ataraktikum (ataractic, tranquilizer, tranquillizer), Tranquillans (ataractic, tranquilizer, tranquillizer), Tranquilizer (tranquillizer), Psychosedativum (ataractic, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ηρεμιστικά (ataractic, ataractic drugs, ataraxics, atarctics, sedatives, tranquilizer, tranquillizer, tranquillizers), αγχολυτικά (antianxiety agent, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic agent, anxiolytic agents, ataractic, minor tranquillizer, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

   

Italian

  

antiansia (ataractic, tranquilizer, tranquillizer), tranquillante (calmative, tranquilizer, tranquilizing, tranquillizer, tranquillizing). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ataraxicay

   

Portuguese

  

ansiolítico (antianxiety agent, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic agent, ataractic, minor tranquillizer, tranquilizer, tranquillizer), tranquilizante (tranquilizer, tranquillizer), calmante (calmative, composing, depressant, easeful, healing, mollifier, painkiller, paregoric, relaxing, salve, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tranquilizante (calmative, calming, reassuring, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Derivations: Ataraxic

Derivations

Words beginning with "ataraxic": ataraxics. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Anagrams: Ataraxic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-r-t-x"

-2 letters: ataxia, ataxic.

-3 letters: acari, atria, carat, riata, tiara, triac.

-4 letters: acta, airt, aria, cart, raia, taxa, taxi.

-5 letters: act, air, ait, arc, art, car, cat, rat, rax, ria, tar, tax, tic.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-r-t-x"
 

+1 letter: ataraxics.

 

+4 letters: extracranial.

 

+5 letters: extragalactic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.