Narcotic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor. Natural and synthetic narcotics are used in medicine to control pain.
  • n. A soothing, numbing agent or thing: "There was the blessed narcotic of bridge, at the Colony or at the home of friends” ( Louis Auchincloss).
  • adj. Inducing sleep or stupor; causing narcosis.
  • adj. Of or relating to narcotics, their effects, or their use.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or intended for one addicted to a narcotic.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any class of substances or drugs, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour.
  • n. Any type of numbing drug.
  • n. Certain illegal drugs.
  • adj. Of, or relating to narcotics.
  • adj. Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
  • n. A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power to produce stupor.
  • Consisting in or characterized by stupor: as, narcotic effects.
  • n. A substance which directly induces sleep, allaying sensibility and blunting the senses, and which, in large quantities, produces narcotism or complete insensibility.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. inducing mental lethargy
  • adj. of or relating to or designating narcotics
  • adj. inducing stupor or narcosis
  • n. a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
    • Equivalent
    uninteresting    depressant   
    Antonym
    stimulant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    anæsthetic    anodyne    soporific    stupefacient    dope   
    Rhyme
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    cocaine    opiate    intoxicating    opium    antiseptic   
     
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