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painkiller

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: analgesia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PK, analgesic, analgesia

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a medicine used to relieve pain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne, pain pill

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug

Narrower terms: acetaminophen, Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Anacin III, acetanilide, acetanilid, phenylacetamide, acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin, phenacetin, aminopyrine, amidopyrine, aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, codeine, colchicine, Fentanyl, Sublimaze, hydromorphone hydrochloride, hydromorphone, Dilaudid, morphine, morphia, pentazocine, Talwin, phenazopyridine, Pyridium, propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, Darvon, sodium salicylate

History

Etymology

From pain + killer.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: pynstiller — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Arabic: ضِدَّ الأَلَم (ḍidda l-ʔalam) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Arabic: مُسَكِّن (musakkin) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Armenian: ցավազրկող (cʻavazrkoġ) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Azerbaijani: ağrıkəsici — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Belarusian: анальге́тык (analʹhjétyk) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Belarusian: абязбо́львальнае (abjazbólʹvalʹnaje) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Bulgarian: болкоуспокоя́ващо (bolkouspokojávašto) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Catalan: analgèsic — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 止痛藥 /止痛药 (zhǐtòngyào) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎮痛劑 /镇痛剂 (zhèntòngjì) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Czech: analgetikum — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Danish: smertestillende — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Dutch: pijnstiller — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Esperanto: kontraŭdolorilo — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Finnish: kipulääke — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Finnish: särkylääke — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • French: analgésique — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • French: antidouleur — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Galician: analxésico — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Georgian: ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი (ṭḳivilgamaq̇učebeli) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Georgian: ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი საშუალება (ṭḳivilgamaq̇učebeli sašualeba) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • German: Schmerzmittel — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Greek: παυσίπονο (pafsípono) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Hebrew: משכך כאבים (meshakeḥ ke'evim) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Hungarian: fájdalomcsillapító — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Irish: pianmhúchán — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Italian: antidolorifico — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Italian: analgesico — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Japanese: 痛み止め (itamidome) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Japanese: 鎮静剤 (chinseizai) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Korean: 진통제 (jintongje) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Krio: penkila — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Macedonian: аналгетик (analgetik) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Malay: ubat penahan sakit — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Māori: rongoā whakangaro mamae — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Marathi: वेदनाशामक (vednāśāmak) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smertestillende — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Persian: مسکن (mosakken) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Polish: środek przeciwbólowy — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Portuguese: analgésico — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Romanian: analgezic — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Russian: анальге́тик (analʹgétik) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Russian: обезбо́ливающее (obezbólivajuščeje) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Russian: болеутоля́ющее (boleutoljájuščeje) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Spanish: analgésico — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Swedish: smärtlindrare — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Swedish: smärtstillande — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Thai: ยาแก้ปวด (yaa-gɛ̂ɛ-bpùuat) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Tibetan: ན་ཟུག་འཇགས་སྨན (na zug 'jags sman) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Tibetan: ན་ཟུག་འཇགས་ཡག་གི་སྨན (na zug 'jags yag gi sman) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Turkish: ağrı kesen — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Ukrainian: анальге́тик (analʹhétyk) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Ukrainian: знебо́лювальне (znebóljuvalʹne) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Ukrainian: болезаспокі́йливе (bolezaspokíjlyve) — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Vietnamese: thuốc giảm đau — a drug that numbs the pain in the body
  • Welsh: poenladdwr — a drug that numbs the pain in the body