| Main Entry: | opium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narcotic |
Synonyms: |
brown stuff, codeine, dope, drug, heroin, hypnotic, morphine, opiate, papaverine, poppy, sleep-inducer, soporific, tar |
| 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: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep |
Synonyms: |
analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, dope*, downer, fix*, hard drug, hard stuff, heroin, hypnotic, junk*, laudanum, lenitive, merchandise*, nepenthe, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, somnifacient, soporific, stuff*, stupefacient, tranquilizer |
| Main Entry: | opiate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drug |
Synonyms: |
anodyne, depressant, dope, dormitive, downer, hypnotic, narcotic, opium, sedative, soporific, tranquilizer |