tranquillising

Questions about tranquillising

What does tranquillising mean?

tranquillising means "tending to soothe or tranquilize".

How many syllables are in tranquillising?

tranquillising has 4 syllables: tranq-uil-li-sing. The stress falls on "uil".

What is another word for tranquillising?

Close synonyms include ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing. 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 tranquillising a common word?

tranquillising 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.