Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elavil

1 sense of elavil

Sense 1
amitriptyline, amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil -- (a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications)
       => tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug -- (an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain)