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Definition: Tranquilize |
TranquilizeVerb1. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear". 2. Cause to be calm or quiet; "The patient must be sedated before the operation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tranquilize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1796. (references) |
Synonyms: TranquilizeSynonyms: calm (v), calm down (v), lull (v), quiet (v), quieten (v), sedate (v), still (v), tranquillise (v), tranquillize (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: agitate (v), stimulate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Moderation | Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin. |
Pacification | Verb: pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay; (moderate); reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tranquilize |
| English words defined with "tranquilize": ataractic, ataraxic ♦ Recompose ♦ sedative ♦ To set at ease, tranquilising, tranquilizing. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | They're so hard to satisfy, You can tranquilize your mind (Mother's Little Helper; performing artist: The Rolling Stones) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "tranquilize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquillize), i jap qetësues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدأ بالعقارت. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquillize, unbend), утихвам (calm down, fall, quiet, spend, subside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | uklidnit (appease, becalm, calm, placate, quell, reassure, relax, set at ease, soothe, tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرونشاندن (Appease, Calm, Curb, Extinguish, Infix, Lull, Pacify, Quash, Quell, Quench, Relieve, Remit, Repress, Sate, Slack, Soften, Stanch, Stifle, Suppress), اسوده کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tranquilliser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατευνάζω (allay, appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, salve, tranquillize), καθησυχάζω (appease, comfort, placate, quieten, reassure, still). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megnyugtat (assuage, becalm, calm down, disembarrass, gentle, quell, quiet, quiet down, reassure, still, to appease, to assuage, to calm sy down, to gentle, to hush, to lull, to quell, to quiet down, to reassure, to salve, to sedate, to sleek, to solace, to soothe, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize, tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | calmare con tranquillante (tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anquilizetray tranquilizar (pacify, quiet, reassure, resettle, settle, still, tranquillize), serenar (bridle, calm down, pacify, quiet down, restrain, tranquillize), acalmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, settle, simmer down, slow down, smooth, soothe, still, tranquillize). (various references) успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquillize). (various references) umiriti (appease, attemper, grow quiet, pacify, palliate, placate, quieten, soothe), stišati (becalm, calm, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, soothe). (various references) tranquilizar (be calm, calm, ease, pacify, reassure, relieve, salve, tranquillize). (various references) stilla (allay, appease, calm, compose, gentle, halcyon, lull, pacific, pacify, peaceful, quell, quiescent, quite, salve, satisfy, silent, silently, still, tranquil, tranquillize), lugna (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quieten, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, soothe, tranquillize). (various references) yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquillize), sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, calm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquillize). (various references) заспокоюватися (abate, calm down, hush, pacify, settle down, simmer down, soften, still, tranquillize), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tranquilize": tranquilized, tranquilizer, tranquilizers, tranquilizes. (additional references) | |
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"Tranquilize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tranquillise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tranquilize" (pronounced tra"ngkwulī'z) |
| 6 | -k w u l ī' z | equalize. |
| 5 | -w u l ī' z | actualize, annualize, visualize. |
| 4 | -u l ī' z | alkalies, analyze, brutalize, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, compartmentalize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, evangelize, federalize, fertilize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hospitalize, hydrolyze, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, recapitalize, regionalize, renationalize, revitalize, scandalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, symbolize, tantalize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, vandalize, verbalize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, realize, stylize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-n-q-r-t-u-z" | |
-2 letters: quantizer, ritualize. | |
-3 letters: antiquer, aquiline, auntlier, inertial, latinize, lazurite, quainter, quantile, quantize, quartile, quiniela, quintile, requital, retinula, tenurial, tranquil, triazine, unitizer, utilizer. | |
-4 letters: airline, alunite, antique, azurite, inertia, inquiet, inquire, inutile, latrine, lintier, liquate, nautili, neutral, nitrile, quetzal, quilter, quinate, quinela, quintal, quintar, ratline, reliant, retinal, ruinate, taurine, tequila, trenail, triazin, unitize, uralite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-n-q-r-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: tranquilized, tranquilizer, tranquilizes, tranquillize. | |
+2 letters: tranquilizers, tranquillized, tranquillizer, tranquillizes. | |
+3 letters: tranquillizers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 71 75 69 6C 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -. --.- ..- .. .-.. .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110001 01110101 01101001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n q u i l i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0071 0075 0069 006C 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5484678083877578759271 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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