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English noun: pill | |||
| 1. | pill (artifact) something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | vitamin pill | ||
| 2. | pill (artifact) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | ||
| Synonyms | lozenge, tab, tablet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dosage, dose | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bolus, capsule, dragee, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet | ||
| 3. | pill (person) a unpleasant or tiresome person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
| 4. | pill (cognition) something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured | ||
| Samples | His competitor's success was a bitter pill to take. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus | ||
| 5. | pill (artifact) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | ||
| Synonyms | anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Demulen, Enovid, Lo/Ovral, Loestrin, Micronor, Modicon, Nor-Q-D, Norinyl, Norlestrin, Ovocon, Ovral, Ovrette, Ovulen | ||
| Substance holonym | Lipo-Lutin, progesterone | ||
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