tranquillize

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ UK /ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make calm or sedate, especially with a drug

The vet had to tranquillize the frightened horse.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make calm or sedate,... sedate calm soothe pacify quiet settle relax

Opposites

agitate excite stimulate arouse

Word family

Derived forms tranquillizertranquillizedtranquillizing

Related forms tranquil tranquillity

Etymology

From tranquil + -ize; tranquil is from Latin tranquillus ('calm, quiet'), perhaps from trāns ('across, through') + a root related to quiēs ('rest').

tranquillus Latin

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# tranquillize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪz/

## Meanings
1. to make calm or sedate, especially with a drug

## Examples
- The vet had to tranquillize the frightened horse.

## Synonyms
- sedate
- calm
- soothe
- pacify
- quiet
- settle
- relax

## Antonyms
- agitate
- excite
- stimulate
- arouse

## Derived Forms
- tranquillizer
- tranquillized
- tranquillizing

## Related Forms
- tranquil
- tranquillity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tranquillus

## Etymology
From tranquil + -ize; tranquil is from Latin tranquillus ('calm, quiet'), perhaps from trāns ('across, through') + a root related to quiēs ('rest').

## AI Etymology
Tranquillize comes from tranquil + -ize; tranquil is from Latin tranquillus ('calm, quiet'), perhaps from trāns ('across, through') + a root related to quiēs ('rest'). The historical chain includes Latin tranquillus. The quoted older senses, "calm, quiet", "across, through", and "rest", supply the semantic anchors for tranquillize. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word tranquillize carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to make calm or sedate, especially with a drug". English derivatives include tranquillizer, tranquillized, and tranquillizing; related English forms include tranquil and tranquillity. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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