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PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychoactive drug mean? 

PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptionsplay

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance

Hypernyms ("psychoactive drug" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychoactive drug"):

designer drug (a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs)

dronabinol (psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy)

euphoriant (a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria)

hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychedelic drug; psychodelic drug (a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences)

tetrahydrocannabinol; THC (psychoactive substance present in marijuana)


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