water pill

1. 1.

   any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water

   Synonymsdiuretic drugdiuretic

   Broaderdrug

   Narrowerchlorthalidoneethacrynic acidfurosemideindapamidemannitolthiazide

Questions about water pill

What does water pill mean?

water pill means "any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water".

What is another word for water pill?

Close synonyms include diuretic drug, diuretic. 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 water pill a common word?

water pill 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.