major tranquillizer

Questions about major tranquillizer

What does major tranquillizer mean?

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

What is another word for major tranquillizer?

Close synonyms include major tranquilizer, 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 tranquillizer a common word?

major tranquillizer 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.