Synonyms for medication
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
Have you been taking your medications? [countable]
Related words
- Word family
- medic medicament medicate medicinal medicine
Forms
- Plural
- medications → drugs, medicines, medicaments…
Example sentences
- drug Recreational drug use inspires many urban legends.
- medicine The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| medication | rising | |
| drug | rising | |
| medicine | steady | |
| medicament | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- drug1
- 8 letters
- medicine3
- 10 letters
- medicament
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (medicine3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- médication
- Deutsch
- Medikation