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| Main Entry: |
narcotic
[nahr-kot-ik]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, dope*, downer, fix*, hard drug, hard stuff, heroin, hypnotic, junk*, laudanum, lenitive, merchandise*, nepenthe, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, somnifacient, soporific, stuff*, stupefacient, tranquilizer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cocaine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal drug |
| Synonyms: | blow*, coke, controlled substance, crack*, crystal*, freebase, happy dust, ice*, joy powder, mojo, narcotic, nose candy, poison*, snort, snow*, speedball, stardust, stuff*, sugar*, white horse, white lady, wings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drug |
| Synonyms: | narcotic, opiate, stimulant |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medication |
| Synonyms: | biologic, cure, depressant, dope, essence, medicament, medicinal, medicine, narcotic, opiate, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, physic, pill, poison, potion, prescription, remedy, sedative, stimulant, tonic |
| Main Entry: | hashish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cannabis resin |
| Synonyms: | black hash, black oil, cannabis, dope, drug, ganja, grass*, hash, hemp, marijuana, narcotic, pot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heroin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smack |
| Synonyms: | H, big H, candy*, crap, diacetylmorphine, doojee, dope, drug, flea powder, hard stuff, horse*, junk*, mojo, narcotic, opium, scag, white stuff |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sedative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soothing agent, medicine |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anodyne, barbiturate, calmant, calmative, depressant, dope*, downer, drug, hypnotic, knockout pill, medication, narcotic, nerve medicine, opiate, pacifier, pain pill, pain-killer, quietive, sleeping pill, tranquillizer |
| Antonyms: | antidepressant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intoxicant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drug |
| Synonyms: | dope, narcotic |
| Main Entry: | anodyne |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | painkiller |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, narcotic, sedative, soother |
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