Synonyms for Opiate
ˈoʊ pi ɪt, -ˌeɪt; ˈoʊ piˌeɪtopi·ate

Princeton's WordNet

1. opiatenoun

   a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative

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1. • Narcotic

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1. opiatenoun

   Synonyms:
   anodyne, narcotic, sedative

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1. opiateadjective

   Synonyms:
   somniferous, narcotic, anodyne, sedative, soporiferous, dormitive

2. opiatenoun

   Synonyms:
   narcotic, anodyne, sedative, dormitive, soporific

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1. List of paraphrases for "opiate":

   opiates, opioid

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1. List of known nicknames for "Opiate":

   Guruyu, Opia, Huw Roberts, Roberts, Huw

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How to use Opiate in a sentence?

1. Henry Spiller:

   If you look at the effects, it's not really the expected opioid effects, we see seizures, tachycardia [ rapid heartbeat ], hypertension, agitation. If it were an opiate, we would expect respiratory depression.

2. Elizabeth Drew:

   In practice, we see soccer moms, we see professionals, we see teachers, we see young college students and high school students. Anyone can develop an addiction to an opiate.

3. Thomas Frieden:

   There are lots of people who have not yet gotten an opiate and we need to protect them from the risk of getting addicted.

4. Karl Marx, Urban Dictionary, under "Religion.":

   Religion is the opiate of the masses.

5. Henry Spiller:

   You'd be hiding under a rock if you didn't realize there's a big opioid crisis going on, and this is one of the treatments for that addiction, a number of these programs are trying to expand to accommodate a lot of these opiate-addicted patients, so I would expect to see more of this.