major tranquilizer

Questions about major tranquilizer

What does major tranquilizer mean?

major tranquilizer means "tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired".

What is another word for major tranquilizer?

Close synonyms include major tranquillizer, major tranquilliser, antipsychotic drug, antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic. 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 major tranquilizer a common word?

major tranquilizer 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.