Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tofranil
1 sense of tofranil
Sense 1
imipramine, impramine hydrochloride, Imavate, Tofranil -- (a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression)
=> 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)