Synonyms for narcotic
nɑrˈkɒt ɪknar·cot·ic

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1. narcoticadjective

   a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

   Antonyms:
   stimulative, interesting

2. narcoticadjective

   of or relating to or designating narcotics

   "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"

   Synonyms:
   soporific, narcotising, narcotizing, soporiferous

   Antonyms:
   stimulative, interesting

3. narcotic, narcotizing, narcotisingadjective

   inducing stupor or narcosis

   "narcotic drugs"

   Synonyms:
   soporific, narcotising, narcotizing, soporiferous

   Antonyms:
   stimulative, interesting

4. narcotic, soporiferous, soporificadjective

   inducing mental lethargy

   "a narcotic speech"

   Synonyms:
   narcotizing, narcotising, hypnagogic, somnific, somniferous, hypnogogic, soporific, soporiferous

   Antonyms:
   stimulative, interesting

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1. 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  

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1. narcoticadjective

   Synonyms:
   stupefying, stupefactive

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1. narcoticnoun

   Synonyms:
   stupefacient, sedative, anæsthetic, opiate, anodyne

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1. List of paraphrases for "narcotic":

   narcotics, drug, drugs, anaesthetic

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How to use narcotic in a sentence?

1. Bridget Brennan:

   Under current New York State law, neither man could be charged with a bail-eligible offense. Methamphetamine is categorized as a controlled substance, but not a narcotic drug.

2. William Jacobson:

   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.

3. The Russian Federal Customs Service:

   ' The customs inspection of the hand luggage being carried by the US citizen confirmed the presence of vapes with specifically smelling liquid, and an expert determined that the liquid was cannabis oil( hash oil), which is a narcotic substance,'.

4. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz:

   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.

5. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   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.