novocaine

N1O1V4O1C3A1I1N1E1

proper noun

The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

Similar
procaineprocaine hydrochlorideNovocain
OriginGerman Kokain ← Latin novellus ← Proto-Italic *nowos →
UncommonScrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

novocaine1

nounnovocaine (countable and uncountable, plural novocaines)

plural novocaines

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Novocaine.

Novocaine2

proper noun

alternative Novocain · alternative novocaine · alternative dated novocain

  1. The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

    Novocaine, baby, I want you / Fuck me good, fuck me long, fuck me numb

    2011, “Novacane”, in nostalgia,ULTRA, performed by Frank Ocean
    1 more example

    Novocaine for the soul / You'd better give me something / To fill the hole / Before I sputter out

    1996, “Novocaine for the Soul”, in Mark Oliver Everett, Mark Goldenberg (lyrics), Beautiful Freak, performed by Eels

    Synonyms: procaine

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

Similar
procaine

More synonyms by meaning

nounprocaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)

Similar
procaine hydrochlorideNovocain
Broader
procaineEthocaine
Also see
novocain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Italic*nowos
  4. Latinnovus
  5. Latinnovellus
  6. GermanKokain
  7. EnglishNovocaine

From Latin novellus (“new”) + English -caine.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

novocaine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novocaine

MLA

“novocaine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novocaine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “novocaine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novocaine.

Source: novocaine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.