Synonyms of the word

pill

• n. A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
• n. (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form…
• n. (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
• n. (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
• n. (informal) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile…
• n. (archaic, baseball slang) A baseball.
• n. (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
• v. (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
• v. To form into the shape of a pill.
• v. To medicate with pills.
• v. (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
• v. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
• v. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
• v. (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
• n. (obsolete) The peel or skin.
• n. (now Britain regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

anovulant

• n. Any drug that prevents ovulation.

burden

• n. A heavy load.
• n. A responsibility, onus.
• n. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
• n. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
• n. (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
• n. (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
• n. A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
• n. (obsolete, rare) A birth.
• n. (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or the such present in an organism.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).
• v. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
• n. (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
• n. The drone of a bagpipe.
• n. (obsolete) Theme, core idea.

contraceptive

• adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
• n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less…

dose

• n. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
• n. The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
• n. A venereal infection.
• v. to administer a dose.
• v. to prescribe a dose.

encumbrance

• n. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
• n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

incumbrance

• n. A burden; a thing that must be carried.
• n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

load

• n. A burden; a weight to be carried.
• n. (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
• n. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
• n. (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity…
• n. (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
• n. The volume of work required to be performed.
• n. (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
• n. (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
• n. (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
• n. (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
• n. A unit of measure for various quantities.
• n. A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
• n. The charge of powder for a firearm.
• n. (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
• n. (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
• n. (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
• n. (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
• v. (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
• v. (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
• v. (intransitive) To put a load on something.
• v. (intransitive) To receive a load.
• v. (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
• v. (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
• v. (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a…
• v. (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
• v. (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
• v. (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases.
• v. (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
• v. (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
• v. (transitive) To provide in abundance.
• v. (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To magnetize.

lozenge

• n. (shapes) (heraldry) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse…
• n. A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore.
• v. (transitive) To form into the shape of a lozenge.
• v. (transitive) To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.

onus

• n. A legal obligation.
• n. (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.
• n. Stigma.
• n. Blame.
• n. Responsibility; burden.

preventative

• adj. Alternative form of preventive.
• n. Alternative form of preventive.

preventive

• adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• adj. Carried out to deter military aggression.
• adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• adj. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
• n. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• n. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• n. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

tab

• n. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
• n. (slang) An ear.
• n. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching…
• n. (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
• n. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
• v. To affix with tabs; to label.
• n. (informal) A restaurant bill.
• n. (slang) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.
• n. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
• v. (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor, or on a typewriter to advance the…
• n. (Britain, regional, Geordie and Mackem) cigarette.
• n. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed…
• n. (British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
• n. (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.

tablet

• n. A slab of clay used for inscription.
• n. (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
• n. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
• n. (computing) A graphics tablet.
• n. (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
• n. (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter.
• v. (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

thing

• n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
• n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
• n. An individual object or distinct entity.
• n. (informal) Something that is normal or generally recognised.
• n. (law).
• n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
• n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
• n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
• n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. A living being or creature.
• n. That which matters; the crux.
• n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
• n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.).
• n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
• v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.