tablets

noun

plural of tablet
1
as in notebooks
a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge you'll need to use your writing tablet to record all the information that the real estate agent is likely to reel off

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2
as in pills
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally take two tablets of the medication every eight hours

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Recent Examples of tablets In fact, as the world has become increasingly digital — reliant on laptops, tablets and the Notes app — the NFL remains a bastion of old-school note-taking. — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Too many kids have their faces in their phones, computers and tablets. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 Shoppers can look for an Apple Watch Labor Day sale, including savings on Apple Watch bands and chargers, along with deals on Lenovo laptops, tablets and MacBooks. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Kratom comes from a tree native to Southeast Asia and is sold as a powder or in capsules, tablets or shots like energy drinks. — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026 One flight carried 10 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the capital of Kathmandu, including portable generator sets, dignity kits, food packets and water purification tablets, as well as doctors, paramedics and rescue workers, Jaishankar said. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 Simon forced himself to keep up with Ortiz, taking Benzedrine tablets from his survival kit and rationing out a few remaining bits of chocolate. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 The Wisconsin Department of Corrections made tablets available to inmates in 2018, four years before the Milwaukee County Jail. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026 That includes people who switched from Biktarvy or complex treatment regimens with multiple tablets. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tablets
  1. notebooks
  2. pills
  3. pads
  4. capsules
Noun
  • The best smart notebooks This smart notebook fits in a pocket, has 48 reusable pages and comes with the Pilot Frixion pen required for note-taking.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Lunch boxes, markers, notebooks and notebook filler paper.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of notebooks
Noun
  • Their demands for records mirror a New Mexico lawsuit and whistleblower claims that agents were ordered to stand down instead of seizing hundreds of thousands of lethal pills.
    — Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities alleged Davis received more than 13,000 pills for Oxycodone and Percocet from November 2019 through March 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pills
Noun
  • Finally cleared this offseason to fully do so and strapping on the pads again, the last thing the Bengals tight end wanted to hear was that he was being held out of any games, practices or even drills.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The majority of their starters spent the second half conversing with folks in the stands, pads long gone, while Jones took the field for his first snaps as a true freshman.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pads
Noun
  • Collagen can be found in capsules, liquids, gummies, and powders.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The capsules are gelatin-free and the oil is cold-pressed and unrefined.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of capsules

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“Tablets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tablets. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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