painkillers

pain-kill-ers · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Medications that reduce or eliminate pain.

  2. 2.

    (figurative) Anything that alleviates suffering or distress.

Related words

See also: aspirin, ibuprofen, medicine, painkiller
Synonyms: analgesics, pain medication, pain relievers

Etymology

From English pain + killer (something that eliminates) + plural suffix -s.