Meanings
- not comparableOf, or relating to, psychiatry.
Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.
1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216
plural psychiatrics
- datedA person who has a psychiatric disorder.
They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.
1954, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Hearings, page 907
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From psychiatry + -ic or psych- + -iatric.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian психиатричен
- психиатричен (psihiatričen)of, or relating to, psychiatry
Catalan psiquiàtric
- psiquiàtricof, or relating to, psychiatry
Czech psychiatrický
- psychiatrickýof, or relating to, psychiatry
Danish psykiatrisk
- psykiatriskof, or relating to, psychiatry
Dutch psychiatrisch
- psychiatrischof, or relating to, psychiatry
Estonian psühhiaatriline
- psühhiaatrilineof, or relating to, psychiatry
Finnish psykiatrinen
- psykiatrinenof, or relating to, psychiatry
French psychiatrique
- psychiatriqueof, or relating to, psychiatry
German psychiatrisch
- psychiatrischof, or relating to, psychiatry
Greek ψυχιατρικός
- ψυχιατρικός (psychiatrikós)of, or relating to, psychiatry
Hungarian pszichiátriai
- pszichiátriaiof, or relating to, psychiatry
Italian psichiatrico
- psichiatricoof, or relating to, psychiatry
Latvian psihiatrisks
- psihiatrisksof, or relating to, psychiatry
Polish psychiatryczny
- psychiatrycznyof, or relating to, psychiatry
Portuguese psiquiátrico
- psiquiátricoof, or relating to, psychiatry
Russian психиатри́ческий
- психиатри́ческий (psixiatríčeskij)of, or relating to, psychiatry
Spanish psiquiátrico
- psiquiátricoof, or relating to, psychiatry
Swedish psykiatrisk
- psykiatriskof, or relating to, psychiatry
Turkish psikiyatrik
- psikiyatrikof, or relating to, psychiatry
Ukrainian психіатри́чний
- психіатри́чний (psyxiatrýčnyj)of, or relating to, psychiatry
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with psychiatric
All rhymes →Cite this entry
psychiatric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatric
“psychiatric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatric. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychiatric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatric.
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