| Main Entry: | emollient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soothing |
Synonyms: |
balsamic, demulcent, healing, lenitive, palliative, relieving, remedial, softening |
| Main Entry: | emollient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lotion |
Synonyms: |
balm, cream, lenitive, liniment, moisturizer, oil, ointment, salve, soothing agent, unguent |
| Main Entry: | hypnotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spellbinding, sleep-inducing |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, anodyne, calmative, lenitive, mesmeric, mesmerizing, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, soporific, soporose, trance-inducing |
Antonyms: |
exciting, exhilarating, inciteful, inspiring, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | liniment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ointment |
Synonyms: |
balm, cream, dressing, embrocation, emollient, lenitive, lotion, medicine, salve, unguent |
| Main Entry: | lotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creamy solution |
Synonyms: |
balm, cosmetic, cream, demulcent, embrocation, lenitive, liniment, medicine, ointment, palliative, preparation, salve, unguent, wash |
| Main Entry: | mild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gentle, temperate, nonirritating |
Synonyms: |
balmy, benign, benignant, blah*, bland, breezy, calm, choice, clear, clement, cool, dainty, delicate, demulcent, easy, emollient, exquisite, faint, fine, flat, genial, ho-hum, lenient, lenitive, light, lukewarm, medium, mellow, moderate, mollifying, nothing, nothing much, pabulum, pacific, peaceful, placid, smooth, soft, soothing, sunny, tempered, tepid, untroubled, vanilla, warm, weak, wimpy |
Antonyms: |
fierce, harsh, rough, violent |
| Main Entry: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep |
Synonyms: |
analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, dope*, downer, fix*, hard drug, hard stuff, heroin, hypnotic, junk*, laudanum, lenitive, merchandise*, nepenthe, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, somnifacient, soporific, stuff*, stupefacient, tranquilizer |
| Main Entry: | ointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cream for treatment |
Synonyms: |
balm, cerate, demulcent, dressing, embrocation, emollient, lenitive, liniment, lotion, medicine, salve, unguent |
| Main Entry: | sedative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soothing |
Synonyms: |
allaying, anodyne, calmative, calming, lenitive, relaxing, sleep-inducing, soporific, tranquillizing |
Antonyms: |
agitating, excitative, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | softening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relaxing |
Synonyms: |
assuasive, crumbly, demulcent, ductile, emollient, emulsive, flaccid, friable, lenient, lenitive, malleable, mitigatory, mollescent, mollient, mollifying, pianissimo, pliable |