I'd like to take the pill.
Source: tatoeba (34455)
Pill
/pɪl/
Synonyms for "pill" (92 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
iudjerklouselozengemeaniemedicamentmedicationmedicinemothernuisanceoral contraceptivepain in the neckpastillepelletpessarypestpharmaceuticalprophylacticproserrat
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: tablet, anovulant, anovulatory drug, bag, ball.
- Sentence evidence is available for pill, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "pill".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "pill"
Keep "pill" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "pill" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "pill", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "pill" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
20 entriesbeingbirth control deviceburdencontraceptivecontraceptive devicedisagreeable persondosagedosage formdoseencumbranceincumbranceloadmedication formonuspersonpreventative
Showing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesbirth control pilloral pillpain reliever pillpill bottleplacebo pillsleeping pill
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
173 translations across 86 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pil noun (small object for swallowing)
Albanian
1 entries- pilulë noun (small object for swallowing)
Arabic
4 entries- حَبَّة noun (small object for swallowing)
- حَبَّة دَوَاء noun (small object for swallowing)
- حَبّ noun (small object for swallowing)
- قُرْص noun (small object for swallowing)
Armenian
3 entries- դեղահաբ noun (small object for swallowing)
- դեղահատ noun (small object for swallowing)
- հաբ noun (small object for swallowing)
Assamese
3 entries- গুলী noun (small object for swallowing)
- টেবলেট noun (small object for swallowing)
- বৰি noun (small object for swallowing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- həb noun (small object for swallowing)
Belarusian
2 entries- пілю́ля noun (small object for swallowing)
- табле́тка noun (small object for swallowing)
Bengali
2 entries- পিল noun (small object for swallowing)
- বটিকা noun (small object for swallowing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- табле́тка noun (small object for swallowing)
- ха́пче noun (small object for swallowing)
- хап noun (small object for swallowing)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆေးလုံး noun (small object for swallowing)
Catalan
1 entries- píndola noun (small object for swallowing)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- حەب noun (small object for swallowing)
Chinese
3 entries- 藥丸 /药丸 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 藥片 /药片 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 藥餅 /药饼 noun (small object for swallowing)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 藥丸 /药丸 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 藥片 /药片 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 藥餅 /药饼 noun (small object for swallowing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 藥丸 /药丸 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 藥片 /药片 noun (small object for swallowing)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ap noun (small object for swallowing)
Czech
2 entries- pilulka noun (small object for swallowing)
- tableta noun (small object for swallowing)
Danish
2 entries- pille noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablet noun (small object for swallowing)
Dari
1 entries- گُولِی noun (small object for swallowing)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ގުޅަ noun (small object for swallowing)
Dutch
1 entries- pil noun (small object for swallowing)
Esperanto
1 entries- pilolo noun (small object for swallowing)
Estonian
2 entries- pill noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablett noun (small object for swallowing)
Faroese
2 entries- bolli noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablett noun (small object for swallowing)
Finnish
2 entries- pilleri noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabletti noun (small object for swallowing)
French
2 entries- comprimé noun (small object for swallowing)
- pilule noun (small object for swallowing)
Georgian
2 entries- აბი noun (small object for swallowing)
- ტაბლეტი noun (small object for swallowing)
German
2 entries- Pille noun (small object for swallowing)
- Tablette noun (small object for swallowing)
Greek
2 entries- δισκίο noun (small object for swallowing)
- χάπι noun (small object for swallowing)
Gujarati
1 entries- ગોળી noun (small object for swallowing)
Hebrew
2 entries- גְּלוּלָה noun (small object for swallowing)
- כַּדּוּר noun (small object for swallowing)
Hindi
3 entries- गुटिका noun (small object for swallowing)
- गोली noun (small object for swallowing)
- टैबलेट noun (small object for swallowing)
Hungarian
3 entries- pilula noun (small object for swallowing)
- pirula noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabletta noun (small object for swallowing)
Icelandic
1 entries- pilla noun (small object for swallowing)
Ido
1 entries- pilulo noun (small object for swallowing)
Indonesian
2 entries- pil noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablet noun (small object for swallowing)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- حَب noun (small object for swallowing)
- قُرْص noun (small object for swallowing)
Italian
4 entries- compressa noun (small object for swallowing)
- pasticca noun (small object for swallowing)
- pastiglia noun (small object for swallowing)
- pillola noun (small object for swallowing)
Japanese
3 entries- ピル noun (small object for swallowing)
- 丸薬 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 錠剤 noun (small object for swallowing)
Kazakh
3 entries- дәрі noun (small object for swallowing)
- пилюля noun (small object for swallowing)
- таблетка noun (small object for swallowing)
Khmer
2 entries- គុលិកា noun (small object for swallowing)
- ថ្នាំលេប noun (small object for swallowing)
Korean
4 entries- 알 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 알약 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 정제 noun (small object for swallowing)
- 환약 noun (small object for swallowing)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- пилюля noun (small object for swallowing)
- таблетка noun (small object for swallowing)
Lao
4 entries- ກ້ອນ noun (small object for swallowing)
- ຢາກ້ອນ noun (small object for swallowing)
- ຢາເມັດ noun (small object for swallowing)
- ລູກກອນ noun (small object for swallowing)
Latin
1 entries- pilula noun (small object for swallowing)
Latvian
2 entries- pilula noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablete noun (small object for swallowing)
Lithuanian
2 entries- piliulė noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabletė noun (small object for swallowing)
Macedonian
3 entries- апче noun (small object for swallowing)
- пилула noun (small object for swallowing)
- табле́та noun (small object for swallowing)
Malay
2 entries- pil noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablet noun (small object for swallowing)
Marathi
1 entries- गोळी noun (small object for swallowing)
Mongolian
4 entries- эм noun (small object for swallowing)
- үрэл noun (small object for swallowing)
- ᠡᠮᠡ noun (small object for swallowing)
- ᠦᠷᠢᠯ noun (small object for swallowing)
Māori
2 entries- pire noun (small object for swallowing)
- pirepire noun (small object for swallowing)
Nahuatl
1 entries- motolotlanoquiloni noun (small object for swallowing)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- heb noun (small object for swallowing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pille noun (small object for swallowing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- pille noun (small object for swallowing)
Ojibwe
2 entries- bebiikominagak noun (small object for swallowing)
- mashkikiins noun (small object for swallowing)
Oromo
1 entries- kinniinii noun (small object for swallowing)
Ossetian
1 entries- таблеткӕ noun (small object for swallowing)
Pashto
2 entries- تابلېت noun (small object for swallowing)
- ګولۍ noun (small object for swallowing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Pell noun (small object for swallowing)
Polish
3 entries- pastylka noun (small object for swallowing)
- pigułka noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabletka noun (small object for swallowing)
Portuguese
2 entries- comprimido noun (small object for swallowing)
- pílula noun (small object for swallowing)
Romanian
3 entries- comprimat noun (small object for swallowing)
- pilulă noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabletă noun (small object for swallowing)
Russian
2 entries- пилю́ля noun (small object for swallowing)
- табле́тка noun (small object for swallowing)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pìlula noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablèta noun (small object for swallowing)
- пѝлула noun (small object for swallowing)
- таблѐта noun (small object for swallowing)
Sicilian
2 entries- pìnnula noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabblettu noun (small object for swallowing)
Slovak
2 entries- pilulka noun (small object for swallowing)
- tableta noun (small object for swallowing)
Slovene
2 entries- pilula noun (small object for swallowing)
- tableta noun (small object for swallowing)
Spanish
4 entries- comprimido noun (small object for swallowing)
- pastilla noun (small object for swallowing)
- píldora noun (small object for swallowing)
- tableta noun (small object for swallowing)
Swahili
2 entries- kidonge noun (small object for swallowing)
- tembe noun (small object for swallowing)
Swedish
2 entries- piller noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablett noun (small object for swallowing)
Tajik
2 entries- қурс noun (small object for swallowing)
- ҳаб noun (small object for swallowing)
Tamil
1 entries- மாத்திரை noun (small object for swallowing)
Tarifit
1 entries- reknina noun (small object for swallowing)
Telugu
1 entries- మాత్ర noun (small object for swallowing)
Thai
2 entries- ยาเม็ด noun (small object for swallowing)
- เม็ด noun (small object for swallowing)
Tocharian B
2 entries- ṣpakīye noun (small object for swallowing)
- ṣpel noun (small object for swallowing)
Turkish
3 entries- hap noun (small object for swallowing)
- komprime noun (small object for swallowing)
- tablet noun (small object for swallowing)
Turkmen
1 entries- tabletka noun (small object for swallowing)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пігу́лка noun (small object for swallowing)
- пілю́ля noun (small object for swallowing)
- табле́тка noun (small object for swallowing)
Urdu
2 entries- ٹَیبْلیٹ noun (small object for swallowing)
- گولی noun (small object for swallowing)
Uyghur
1 entries- تابلىتكا noun (small object for swallowing)
Uzbek
3 entries- dori noun (small object for swallowing)
- hapdori noun (small object for swallowing)
- tabletka noun (small object for swallowing)
Vietnamese
2 entries- viên noun (small object for swallowing)
- viên thuốc noun (small object for swallowing)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּיל noun (small object for swallowing)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
The vitamin pill contains abundant nutrition.
Source: tatoeba (60612)
What's your strongest type of headache pill?
Source: tatoeba (243687)
I said, "Five months worth of the Pill, please," and was told "Certainly."
Source: tatoeba (328760)
Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "pill"?
Closest matches include tablet, anovulant, anovulatory drug, bag, ball.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "pill"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.