Analgesic has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun · Adjective
a medicine used to relieve pain
Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
capable of relieving pain
"the anodyne properties of certain drugs"
"an analgesic effect"
Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.
Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.