- a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- anything that relieves distress or pain: The music was an anodyne to his grief.
- relieving pain: a book detailing the anodyne properties of certain plants.
- soothing to the mind or feelings: the anodyne effects of a month's vacation.
- weakened and made bland, as to avoid harm or controversy: anodyne explanations that shelter children from the brutal truth.
- a drug that relieves pain; analgesic
- anything that alleviates mental distress
- capable of relieving pain or distress
