narcotic
Adjective
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Of or relating to or designating narcotics (synset 302874393)
"narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
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Inducing stupor or narcosis (synset 302316520)
"narcotic drugs"similar to: depressant - capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agentsame as: narcotising, narcotizing
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Inducing mental lethargy (synset 301349046)
"a narcotic speech"similar to: uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitementsame as: soporiferous, soporific
Noun
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A drug that produces numbness or stupor;
Often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain;
Extensive use can lead to addiction (synset 103814104)associated with:- connection - a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- space cadet - someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug)
- addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation - being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- drug addiction, white plague - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
is a type of: drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcoticsubtypes:- hard drug - a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction
- demerol, meperidine, meperidine hydrochloride - a synthetic narcotic drug (trade name Demerol) used to treat pain
- dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin - synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
- opiate - a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
- opium - an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
- recreational drug - a narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictive
- soft drug - a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction
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