pill pusher

1. 1.

   a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

   Synonymspharmacistdruggistchemistapothecarypill roller

   Broaderhealth professional

   Narrowerpharmacologist

Questions about pill pusher

What does pill pusher mean?

pill pusher means "a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs".

What is another word for pill pusher?

Close synonyms include pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill roller. 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 pill pusher a common word?

pill pusher 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.