ANTIANXIETY AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antianxiety agent mean? 

• ANTIANXIETY AGENT (noun)
  The noun ANTIANXIETY AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity

  Familiarity information: ANTIANXIETY AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIANXIETY AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antianxiety agent; ataractic; ataractic agent; ataractic drug; tranquilizer; tranquilliser; tranquillizer

Hypernyms ("antianxiety agent" is a kind of...):

psychotropic agent (a chemical substance that can influence human consciousness)

sedative-hypnotic; sedative-hypnotic drug (a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antianxiety agent"):

antipsychotic; antipsychotic agent; antipsychotic drug; major tranquilizer; major tranquilliser; major tranquillizer; neuroleptic; neuroleptic agent; neuroleptic drug (tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired)

antianxiety drug; anxiolytic; anxiolytic drug; minor tranquilizer; minor tranquilliser; minor tranquillizer (a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability)

 Context examples 

Also called antianxiety agent and anxiolytic.

(Anxiolytic agent, NCI Dictionary)

Also called antianxiety agent and anxiolytic agent.

(Anxiolytic, NCI Dictionary)