neuroleptic agent

1. 1.

   tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired

   Synonymsmajor tranquilizermajor tranquillizermajor tranquilliserantipsychotic drugantipsychotic agentantipsychoticneuroleptic drugneuroleptic

   Broadertranquilizer

   Narrowerchlorpromazineclozapinediphenylbutyl piperidinefluphenazinehaloperidolloxapinemolindoneprochlorperazinethioridazinethiothixene

Questions about neuroleptic agent

What does neuroleptic agent mean?

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

What is another word for neuroleptic agent?

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

neuroleptic agent 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.