drug
Meaning of drug
noun
- a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
a new drug aimed at sufferers from Parkinson's disease
- administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility.
they were drugged to keep them quiet
Middle English: from Old French drogue, possibly from Middle Dutch droge vate, literally ‘dry vats’, referring to the contents (i.e. dry goods).
Information about drug
- The plural form of drug is: drugs.
- Languages in which drug is used:
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Hyphenation of drug
drug
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- drug is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
drug synonyms
Meaning dose:
Meaning a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease:
Meaning a drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease:
Meaning a substance used for medical treatment:
Meaning a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury:
Meaning a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition:
Meaning a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison:
Meaning a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases:
Meaning a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective:
Meaning a liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties:
Meaning a magical or medicinal potion:
Meaning medicinal drugs:
Meaning administer an anaesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness:
Meaning affect with or as if with a narcotic drug:
Meaning administer poison to (a person or animal), either deliberately or accidentally:
Meaning make (someone) unable to think or feel properly:
Meaning make (someone) unable to think clearly:
Meaning administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance:
Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:
Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:
Meaning add alcohol or a drug to contaminate (drink or food) surreptitiously:
Meaning add an ingredient, especially alcohol, to (a drink or dish) to enhance its flavour or strength:
Meaning change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify:
Meaning without one's mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious:
Meaning unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed:
Meaning in an acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence; affected by delirium:
Meaning experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present, typically as a result of a mental disorder or of taking drugs:
Meaning relating to or in a state of coma:
Meaning under the influence of drugs, especially cannabis:
Meaning of great vertical extent:
Meaning stupefied by sleep or a drug:
Meaning catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall:
Meaning under the influence of drugs or alcohol:
Meaning used or expended carelessly or to no purpose:
Meaning having been wrecked:
Meaning moving or able to move through the air with wings:
Meaning intoxicated by drink or drugs:
drug antonyms
Meaning make or become sober after drinking alcohol:
Translation of drug
- French: médicament, médoc, drogue, stupéfiant, droguer
- Italian: farmaco, medicina, medicinale, stupefacente, droga, drogare
- German: Medizin, Arznei, Medikament, Droge
- Spanish: medicina, medicamento, droga, drogar
- Portuguese: medicamento
Words that rhyme with drug
Drug, bedrug, redrug, antidrug, multidrug, nondrug, prodrug, postdrug, polydrug
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