What does drug mean in English? Meaning of drug definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "drug": a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
Noun
Meaning: a substance that is used as a medicine or narcoticSynonyms: drugHyponyms: aborticide
abortifacient
abortion-inducing drug
agonist
anaesthetic
anaesthetic agent
anesthetic
anesthetic agent
antagonist
anti-impotence drug
anti-tnf compound
antisyphilitic
appetite suppressant
arsenical
botanical
brand-name drug
consciousness-altering drug
controlled substance
dilator
diuretic
diuretic drug
drug of abuse
excitant
feosol
fergon
fertility drug
generic drug
hypnotic
intoxicant
levallorphan
lorfan
medicament
medication
medicinal drug
medicine
mind-altering drug
miotic
miotic drug
mydriatic
mydriatic drug
myotic
myotic drug
narcotic
pentoxifylline
proprietary drug
psychoactive drug
psychoactive substance
psychotropic agent
relaxant
soporific
stimulant
stimulant drug
street drug
suppressant
synergist
trental
virility drug
water pillHypernyms: agentMeaning of "drug": administer a drug to
Verb
Meaning: administer a drug toExample: They drugged the kidnapped touristSynonyms: dose
drugHyponyms: anaesthetise
anaesthetize
anesthetise
anesthetize
dope
dope up
narcotise
narcotize
o.d.
overdose
poison
put out
put underHypernyms: medicate
medicineMeaning of "drug": use recreational drugs
Verb
Meaning: use recreational drugsSynonyms: do drugs
drugHyponyms: base
dope
drop
free-base
inject
snort
take a hitHypernyms: consume
have
ingest
take
take inAdjective: (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature. The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased. Milton whence merchants bring their spicy drugsMilton whence merchants bring their spicy drugsA psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine. 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial 2005 edition, page 3: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. March 1991, unknown student, "Antihero opinion", SPIN, page 70: You have a twelve-year-old kid being told from the time he's like five years old that all drugs are bad, they're going to screw you up, don't try them. Just say no. Then they try pot. 2005, Thomas Brent Andrews, The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs, Chronic Discontent Books, ISBN 0976705605, page 19: The only thing working against the poor Drug Abuse Resistance Officer is high-school students. ... He'd offer his simple lesson: Drugs are bad, people who use drugs are bad, and abstinence is the only answer.1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial 2005 edition, page 3: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.March 1991, unknown student, "Antihero opinion", SPIN, page 70: You have a twelve-year-old kid being told from the time he's like five years old that all drugs are bad, they're going to screw you up, don't try them. Just say no. Then they try pot.2005, Thomas Brent Andrews, The Pot Plan: Louie B. Stumblin and the War on Drugs, Chronic Discontent Books, ISBN 0976705605, page 19: The only thing working against the poor Drug Abuse Resistance Officer is high-school students. ... He'd offer his simple lesson: Drugs are bad, people who use drugs are bad, and abstinence is the only answer.Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted. 2005, Jack Haas, Om, Baby! : a Pilgrimage to the Eternal Self, page 8: Inspiration is my drug. Such things as spirituality, booze, travel, psychedelics, contemplation, music, dance, laughter, wilderness, and ribaldry — these have simply been the different forms of the drug of inspiration for which I have had great need […] 2009, Niki Flynn, Dances with Werewolves, page 8: Fear was my drug of choice. I thrived on scary movies, ghost stories and rollercoasters. I dreamed of playing the last girl left alive in a slasher film — the one who screams herself hoarse as she discovers her friends' bodies one by one. 2010, Kesha Rose Sebert (Ke$ha), with Pebe Sebert and Joshua Coleman (Ammo), Your Love Is My Drug 2011, Joslyn Shy, Introducing the Truth, page 5: The truth is...eating is my drug. When I am upset, I eat...when I am sad, I eat...when I am happy, I eat.2005, Jack Haas, Om, Baby! : a Pilgrimage to the Eternal Self, page 8: Inspiration is my drug. Such things as spirituality, booze, travel, psychedelics, contemplation, music, dance, laughter, wilderness, and ribaldry — these have simply been the different forms of the drug of inspiration for which I have had great need […]2009, Niki Flynn, Dances with Werewolves, page 8: Fear was my drug of choice. I thrived on scary movies, ghost stories and rollercoasters. I dreamed of playing the last girl left alive in a slasher film — the one who screams herself hoarse as she discovers her friends' bodies one by one.2010, Kesha Rose Sebert (Ke$ha), with Pebe Sebert and Joshua Coleman (Ammo), Your Love Is My Drug2011, Joslyn Shy, Introducing the Truth, page 5: The truth is...eating is my drug. When I am upset, I eat...when I am sad, I eat...when I am happy, I eat.Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand. Fielding But sermons are mere drugs. Dryden And virtue shall a drug become.Fielding But sermons are mere drugs.Dryden And virtue shall a drug become.Synonyms:
pharmaceutical, prescription, poison, narcotic, remedy, cure, medicine, pill, stimulant, tonic, potion, dope, sedative, opiate, essence, medicament, depressant, physic, pharmaceutic, medicinal, biologic, medicate, dope, poison, sedate, benumb, hit, numb, relax, fix, stupefy, dose, desensitize, treat, narcotize, deaden, blunt, knock out, anesthetize, analgize, dope up, dose up,
Antonyms:
disease, enliven, increase, ignore, neglect,
