What is another word for narcotic?
Synonyms for narcotic
nɑrˈkɒt ɪknar·cot·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
narcoticadjective
a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
Antonyms:
stimulative, interestingnarcoticadjective
of or relating to or designating narcotics
"narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
Synonyms:
soporific, narcotising, narcotizing, soporiferousAntonyms:
stimulative, interestingnarcotic, narcotizing, narcotisingadjective
inducing stupor or narcosis
"narcotic drugs"
Synonyms:
soporific, narcotising, narcotizing, soporiferousAntonyms:
stimulative, interestingnarcotic, soporiferous, soporificadjective
inducing mental lethargy
"a narcotic speech"
Synonyms:
narcotizing, narcotising, hypnagogic, somnific, somniferous, hypnogogic, soporific, soporiferousAntonyms:
stimulative, interesting
Editors Contribution
nepenthe
a drug that causes insensibility or stupor. a narcotic induces narcosis, from the greek "narke" for "numbness or torpor"
then to restore a more cheerful atmosphere, helen casts nepenthe into the wine, thanks to which beneficent drug all soon forget their woes. "the book of the epic"
Submitted by rinat on November 22, 2015
Dictionary of English Synonymes
narcoticadjective
Synonyms:
stupefying, stupefactive
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
narcoticnoun
Synonyms:
stupefacient, sedative, anæsthetic, opiate, anodyne
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "narcotic":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1018 | drug | |
#2081 | drugs | |
#20370 | narcotics | |
#24902 | narcotic | |
#46401 | anaesthetic | |
#187990 | soporific |
How to use narcotic in a sentence?
Marijuana is so widely used – it’s considered, in effect, decriminalized in most places – that it’s a totally different situation talking about heroin, it’s a major narcotic.
We are continuously in contact with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics asking them to provide us capability, funds and assets to start the anti-narcotic campaigning in Kandahar province as quickly as possible.
We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.
Weve got a lot of things to do, including taking guns away from gang members, stopping narcotic trafficking, and saving children from internet predators.
I was told by officers responding that he was high on some sort of narcotic, we're going to do a thorough investigation as to what Sheriff Bobby Guidroz was high on.
Translations for narcotic
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- مخدرArabic
- ναρκωτικό, αναισθητικό, ναρκωτικόςGreek
- estupefaciente, narcóticoSpanish
- narkootiline, droog, narkootikum, uimasti, narko-Estonian
- huumausaine, unilääkeFinnish
- narcotiqueFrench
- suainealachScottish Gaelic
- թմրամիջոցArmenian
- narcoticoInterlingua
- narkotikaIndonesian
- narcoticoItalian
- סַםHebrew
- narcóticoPortuguese
- narcotică, narcoticRomanian
- наркотический, наркотикRussian
- narkotisk, narkotika, knarkSwedish
- போதைப்பொருள்Tamil
- మాదకTelugu
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