librium

Questions about librium

What does librium mean?

librium means "a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism".

How many syllables are in librium?

librium has 3 syllables and divides as li-bri-um under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for librium?

Close synonyms include chlordiazepoxide, Libritabs. 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 librium a common word?

librium 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for librium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.