| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medication |
Synonyms: |
biologic, cure, depressant, dope, essence, medicament, medicinal, medicine, narcotic, opiate, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, physic, pill, poison, potion, prescription, remedy, sedative, stimulant, tonic |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
Synonyms: |
analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solution to problem, often health |
Synonyms: |
aid, alleviation, antidote, assistance, catholicon, corrective, counteractant, counteragent, countermeasure, drug, elixir, elixir vitae, fix, healing, healing agent, help, medicament, medicant, medication, medicine, nostrum, panacea, pharmacon, physic, placebo, proprietary, quick fix, recovery, redress, remedy, reparation, restora-tive, therapeutic, treatment |
Antonyms: |
disease, problem |
| Main Entry: | essence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distillate, concentrate |
Synonyms: |
balm, cologne, drug, effusion, elixir, extract, fragrance, juice, liquor, perfume, potion, scent, spirits, tincture |
| Main Entry: | hashish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cannabis resin |
Synonyms: |
black hash, black oil, cannabis, dope, drug, ganja, grass*, hash, hemp, marijuana, narcotic, pot |
| Main Entry: | heroin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smack |
Synonyms: |
H, big H, candy*, crap, diacetylmorphine, doojee, dope, drug, flea powder, hard stuff, horse*, junk*, mojo, narcotic, opium, scag, white stuff |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
| Main Entry: | hypnotize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in trance; spellbind |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, bring under control, captivate, charm, drug, dull the will, entrance, fascinate, hold under a spell, induce, lull to sleep, magnetize, make drowsy, make sleepy, mesmerize, narcotize, put to sleep, soothe, stupefy, subject tosuggestion |
Antonyms: |
excite, exhilarate, incite, inspire, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | LSD |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lysergic acid diethylamide |
Synonyms: |
California sunshine, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Owsley, Owsley's acid, acid, blotter acid, blue heaven, cubes, dots, drug, electric Kool-aid, hallucinogen, instant Zen, mellow yellows, microdots, purple haze, strawberry fields, sunshine, tabs, yellow sunshine |
| Main Entry: | medicine/medication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | mesmerize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
Synonyms: |
catch up, control, deaden, drug, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grip, hold spellbound, hypnotize, magnetize, numb, render unconscious, spellbind, stupefy |
Antonyms: |
disenchant, turn off |