Synonyms for tranquilize
- verb
- American English
Definitions
- v. 1
To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.
- v. 2
To make (something or someone) tranquil.
- v. 3
To become tranquil.
Related words
- Word family
- trank tranq tranquilizer tranquil tranquility
- Other spellings
- tranquilise tranquillise UK tranquillize UK
Forms
- Past participle
- tranquilized
e.g. tranquilized → calmed, appeased, soothed, pacified…
Example sentences
- calm Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
- appease Only a sincere apology will appease my anger.
- soothe I'll have to do something to soothe away this pain.
- pacify Tom was very aggressive again. They had to pacify him.
By length
- 4 letters
- calm1, ease1, hush1, dart1, lull1
- 5 letters
- still1, quiet2, relax2, quell1, allay2, abate2, tranq, trank
- 6 letters
- soothe1, sedate2, pacify3, becalm2
- 7 letters
- compose2, appease2, placate2, assuage2, mollify3, quieten
- 10 letters
- conciliate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tranquilliser
- Italiano
- tranquillizzare
- Español
- tranquilizar