Synonyms for heroin
ˈhɛr oʊ ɪnher·o·in

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1. heroinnoun

   Synonyms:
   diacetylmorphine, diamorphine

2. heroinnoun

   Synonyms:
   junk, Big H, skag, smack, horse, boy, dope

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1. heroin, diacetylmorphinenoun

   a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

   Synonyms:
   diacetylmorphine

Matched Categories

1. • Hard Drug
   • Opiate

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1. List of paraphrases for "heroin":

   heroine, hero, smack

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1. heroin

   Synonyms:
   Diacetyl morphine Street terms Alquitran, alquitranat, antifreeze, aries, beast, Belushi, big H, black tar, blanca, blanco, bombido, bonita, boy, bozo, brea, broja, brown-noun, brown sugar, caballo, caca, calbo, carga, chapopote, chatarra, chicle, China White-white heroin or fentanyl, chiva, cotics, crank, crap, cura, dirt, DOA, dope, Dr. Feelgood, dust, dynamite, dyno, el diablo, estuffa, ferry dust, furra, gallup, gato, george, girl, glass, gold, golpe, goma, good, good horse, H, H&C, HRN, hache, hard, harry, hazel, heaven, henry, hera, heroina, hombre, horsebite, jeeJee, joharito, joy, junco, junk, karachi, la buena, Mayo, Mexican-noun, adjective, mudmurotugora, nanoo, perica, perico, piedra, polvo, poppy, powder, quill, ready rock, red-noun, shit, shoot, shoot-up, skag, skid, smack, spoon, stuff, TNT tar, tecata, tigre, tigre de blanco, tigre de Norte, tongs, vidrio, white-noun, wings, witch, zoquete Related Terms Agua de chango-liquid heroin administered nasally, Bindle-small packet of drug powder; heroin, chasing the dragon or chasing the tiger--to smoke heroin, coffee-brown heroin, nose drops-liquified heroin, P-dope-20-30% pure heroin, punk rocker-with cocaine, with crack, with Ecstasy-MDMA, or with LSD and marijuana, shabanging-heroin dissolved in liquid and taken through the nose using a nasal spray bottle, using monkey water-Shabanging heroin/cocaine, diacetylmorphine/cocaine, highballing, murder, smoking gun, snowball, speedball, whizbang

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1. Tom Wark:

   It's not like we're talking about cocaine or heroin here, we're talking about a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from the 2012 vintage.

2. Richard Donoghue:

   He betrayed a veterinarian's pledge to prevent animal suffering when he used his surgical skills in a cruel scheme to smuggle heroin in the abdomens of puppies.

3. Chuck Rosenberg:

   Approximately 120 people die each day in the United States of a drug overdose, we will continue to target the criminal gangs that supply heroin, and we will work to educate folks about the dangers and to reduce demand. In this way, we hope to complement the crucial efforts of the CDC and our nation's public health agencies.

4. John Bouker:

   The federal government doesn't [mess] with us out here, our problem out here is the alcohol, the heroin, not the pot.

5. Anthony Sideri:

   Robbing a bank seemed like a way to get a lot of money fast, which equaled a lot of heroin, that would hold me over for a long time ... I thought.