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

   Religion is the opiate of the masses.

2. 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.

3. Clare Boothe Luce:

   Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals -- With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

4. Elizabeth Drew:

   Doctors became very vigilant then about diagnosing pain and prescribing pain medication, and you can see a huge uptick of the amount of opiate prescriptions.

5. Cyril Connolly:

   I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up.