Definition of intoxicant Intoxicant

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We found 8 definitions of intoxicant from 4 different sources.

What does intoxicant mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: intoxicants
intoxicant - a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
		drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
		alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, inebriant
		beverage, drinkable, potable, drink any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
		drug of abuse, street drug a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
		proof spirit a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
		home brew, homebrew an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home
		hooch, hootch an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
		kava, kavakava an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
		aperitif alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
		brew, brewage drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
		rice beer, sake, saki a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
		nipa made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
		vino, wine a red as dark as red wine
		booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, spirits, strong drink, liquor the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked
		neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
		pulque fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
		cordial, liqueur strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
		mixed drink made of two or more ingredients
		hard cider alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
		perry a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
		rotgut any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality
		slug any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
Adjective
intoxicant - causing
		intoxicating
		alcoholic addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren

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Wiktionary

intoxicant (Noun)
That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
intoxicant (Noun)
Poison.
intoxicant (Adjective)
Intoxicating.