VERB | emotion | tranquilize, calm, calm down, quiet, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
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body | tranquilize, sedate, calm, tranquillize, tranquillise | cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to |
Sounds | trae'ngkwahlay.z | |
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Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... |
Meaning | make calm or still. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam cannot tranquilize Sue | |
Synonyms | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | |
Narrower | compose | calm (someone, especially oneself) |
lull | calm by deception | |
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | Cause to be more favorably inclined | |
reassure, assure | Cause to feel sure | |
Broader | comfort, soothe, console, solace | Give moral or emotional strength to |
Opposite | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
Spanish | aquietar, callar, calmar, serenar, tranquilizar | |
Catalan | aquietar, asserenar, calmar, tranquil·litzar | |
Nouns | tranquilizer | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity |
Meaning | Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | sedate, calm, tranquillize, tranquillise | |
Narrower | hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise | induce hypnosis in |
Broader | affect | act physically on |
Opposite | stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up | Cause to be alert and energetic |
Spanish | sedar | |
Catalan | sedar | |
Nouns | tranquilizer | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity |
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