tabletEnglishOxford American Thesaurustablet noun 1 a carved stone tablet: slab, panel, plaque, plate, sign; stone, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, memorial. 2 a headache tablet: pill, capsule, lozenge, caplet, pastille, pellet, drop, ball; informal tab; rare jujube, bolus, troche, pilule. 3 a tablet of soap: bar, cake, slab, brick, block, chunk, piece.