Meanings
plural painkillers · alternative pain killer
- medicineA drug that numbs the pain in the body.
Near-synonym: analgesia
1 more example
While taking one pill and dying is rare, dying accidentally after using painkillers inappropriately is common. […] The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning.
2012 November 15, Maxwell Newfield, “Prescription drug deaths: Two stories”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna medicine used to relieve pain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans pynstiller
- pynstillera drug that numbs the pain in the body
Arabic ضِدَّ الأَلَم, مُسَكِّن
- ضِدَّ الأَلَم (ḍidda l-ʔalam)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- مُسَكِّن (musakkin)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Bulgarian болкоуспокоя́ващо
- болкоуспокоя́ващо (bolkouspokojávašto)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Catalan analgèsic
- analgèsica drug that numbs the pain in the body
Chinese Mandarin 止痛藥 /止痛药, 鎮痛劑 /镇痛剂
- 止痛藥 /止痛药 (zhǐtòngyào)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- 鎮痛劑 /镇痛剂 (zhèntòngjì)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Czech analgetikum
- analgetikuma drug that numbs the pain in the body
Danish smertestillende
- smertestillendea drug that numbs the pain in the body
Dutch pijnstiller
- pijnstillera drug that numbs the pain in the body
Esperanto kontraŭdolorilo
- kontraŭdoloriloa drug that numbs the pain in the body
Finnish kipulääke, särkylääke
- kipulääkea drug that numbs the pain in the body
- särkylääkea drug that numbs the pain in the body
French analgésique, antidouleur
- analgésiquea drug that numbs the pain in the body
- antidouleura drug that numbs the pain in the body
German Schmerzmittel
- Schmerzmittela drug that numbs the pain in the body
Greek παυσίπονο
- παυσίπονο (pafsípono)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Hebrew משכך כאבים
- משכך כאבים (meshakeḥ ke'evim)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Hungarian fájdalomcsillapító
- fájdalomcsillapítóa drug that numbs the pain in the body
Irish pianmhúchán
- pianmhúchána drug that numbs the pain in the body
Italian antidolorifico, analgesico
- antidolorificoa drug that numbs the pain in the body
- analgesicoa drug that numbs the pain in the body
Japanese 痛み止め, 鎮静剤
- 痛み止め (itamidome)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- 鎮静剤 (chinseizai)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Korean 진통제
- 진통제 (jintongje)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Malay ubat penahan sakit
- ubat penahan sakita drug that numbs the pain in the body
Māori rongoā whakangaro mamae
- rongoā whakangaro mamaea drug that numbs the pain in the body
Norwegian Bokmål smertestillende
- smertestillendea drug that numbs the pain in the body
Persian مسکن
- مسکن (mosakken)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Polish środek przeciwbólowy
- środek przeciwbólowya drug that numbs the pain in the body
Portuguese analgésico
- analgésicoa drug that numbs the pain in the body
Romanian analgezic
- analgezica drug that numbs the pain in the body
Russian анальге́тик, обезбо́ливающее
- анальге́тик (analʹgétik)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- обезбо́ливающее (obezbólivajuščeje)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- болеутоля́ющее (boleutoljájuščeje)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Spanish analgésico
- analgésicoa drug that numbs the pain in the body
Swedish smärtlindrare, smärtstillande
- smärtlindrarea drug that numbs the pain in the body
- smärtstillandea drug that numbs the pain in the body
Thai ยาแก้ปวด
- ยาแก้ปวด (yaa-gɛ̂ɛ-bpùuat)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Turkish ağrı kesen
- ağrı kesena drug that numbs the pain in the body
Ukrainian анальге́тик, знебо́лювальне
- анальге́тик (analʹhétyk)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- знебо́лювальне (znebóljuvalʹne)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
- болезаспокі́йливе (bolezaspokíjlyve)a drug that numbs the pain in the body
Vietnamese thuốc giảm đau
- thuốc giảm đaua drug that numbs the pain in the body
Welsh poenladdwr
- poenladdwra drug that numbs the pain in the body
Cite this entry
painkiller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painkiller
“painkiller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painkiller. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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