Synonyms for medicament
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Noun
1. Medicine — A medicine, medication or drug
medicine, drug, medication, pharmaceutical, cure, remedy, physic
Definitions
- n. 1
A medicine, medication or drug.
Forms
- Plural
- medicaments → medicines, drugs, medications, pharmaceuticals…
Example sentences
- drug Recreational drug use inspires many urban legends.
- medicine The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
- medication I need to go buy the medication Tom and Mary need.
- pharmaceutical Algeria's pharmaceutical industry is developing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| medicament | falling | |
| drug | rising | |
| medicine | steady | |
| medication | rising | |
| pharmaceutical | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- drug1, cure1
- 6 letters
- remedy3, physic
- 8 letters
- medicine3
- 10 letters
- medication4
- 14 letters
- pharmaceutical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remedy3 = 3 syllables).