All hard drug synonyms

noun hard drug

• anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
• 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.
• painkiller — a drug, treatment, or anything else that relieves pain, especially an analgesic.
• dope — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
• sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
• opiate — a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
• tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
• heroin — a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
• merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
• junk — narcotics, especially heroin.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
• soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.
• stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
• analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
• anodyne — If you describe something as anodyne, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone.
• downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
• lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
• laudanum — a tincture of opium.
• somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
• hard stuff — strongly addictive drugs.
• nepenthe — a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
• stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
• drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
• designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals