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

1 sense of tricyclic

Sense 1
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)
       => antidepressant, antidepressant drug -- (any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects)