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- [noun, adjective oh-pee-it, -eyt; verb oh-pee-eyt]
- /noun, adjective ˈoʊ pi ɪt, -ˌeɪt; verb ˈoʊ piˌeɪt/
- /ˈəʊ.pi.ət/
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- [noun, adjective oh-pee-it, -eyt; verb oh-pee-eyt]
- /noun, adjective ˈoʊ pi ɪt, -ˌeɪt; verb ˈoʊ piˌeɪt/
Definitions of opiate word
- noun opiate a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain. 1
- noun opiate any sedative, soporific, or narcotic. 1
- noun opiate anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings. 1
- adjective opiate mixed or prepared with opium. 1
- adjective opiate inducing sleep; soporific; narcotic. 1
- adjective opiate causing dullness or inaction. 1
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Origin of opiate
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; < Medieval Latin opiātus bringing sleep, equivalent to Latin opi(um) opium + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Opiate
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opiate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for opiate
noun opiate
- drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- opium — the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
verb opiate
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- anaesthetise — anesthetize.
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anaesthetising — Present participle of anaesthetise.
- sedated — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
adjective opiate
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
- soporose — sleepy.
- out of it — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
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