narcotic

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: narcotizingnarcotisingsoporiferoussoporific

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

Adjective (3)

  1. of or relating to or designating narcotics“narcotic addicts”“narcotic stupor”
  2. inducing stupor or narcosis“narcotic drugs”Synonyms: narcotizingnarcotising
  3. inducing mental lethargy“a narcotic speech”Synonyms: soporiferoussoporific
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [F. narcotique, Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.] (Med.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic. [1913 Webster] -- Nar*cot"ic*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), n. (Med.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium. [1913 Webster]

Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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