Definition of narcotic Narcotic
/nɑɹkɑˈtɪk/ - [narkatik] - nar•cot•ic
We found 13 definitions of narcotic from 5 different sources.
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What does narcotic mean?
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NounPlural: narcotics |
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| narcotic - a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction | ||
| drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic | ||
| 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, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin, fixer 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 | ||
Adjective |
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| narcotic - inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" | ||
| narcotizing, narcotising | ||
| depressant capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | ||
| narcotic - inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" | ||
| soporiferous, soporific | ||
| uninteresting characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food" | ||
| narcotic - of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- narcotic (a.)
Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic. - narcotic (n.)
A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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narcotic
nar-kot′ik, adj. having power to produce torpor, sleep, or deadness.—n. a medicine producing sleep or stupor.—n. Narcō′sis, the stupefying effect of a narcotic.—adv. Narcot′ically.—n. Nar′cotine, one of the organic bases or alkaloids occurring in opium.—v.t. Nar′cotise.—n. Nar′cotism, the influence of narcotics, or the effects produced by their use. [Fr.,—Gr. narkē, torpor.]
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🔤- narcotic, noun, singular of narcotics.
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