ataractic drug

Questions about ataractic drug

What does ataractic drug mean?

ataractic drug means "a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity".

What is another word for ataractic drug?

Close synonyms include tranquilizer, tranquillizer, tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic agent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ataractic drug a common word?

ataractic drug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.