Narcotic

English

Noun

Narcotic (plural Narcotics)

1. Any class of substances or drugs, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour.
2. Any type of numbing drug.
3. Certain illegal drugs.

Related terms

• narco-
• narcosis
• narcoterrorism
• narcotize
• nonnarcotic

Adjective

Narcotic (comparative more Narcotic, superlative most Narcotic)

1. Of, or relating to narcotics.
2. Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

Thesaurus

Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Lethean, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmant, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, deadening, depressant, depressor, dolly, dope, downer, drug, dulling, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drop, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, meperidine, methadone, nepenthe, numbing, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, pain-killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, quietening, rainbow, red, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-causing, sleep-compelling, sleep-inducer, sleep-inducing, sleep-inviting, sleep-provoking, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, somniferous, somnolent, soother, soothing, soothing syrup, soporific, stunning, stupefactive, stupefying, stuporific, tar, tranquilizer, tranquilizing, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

Etymology

From Old French narcotique < Medieval Latin narcoticum < Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkō, “Ι benumb”) < νάρκη (narkē, “numbness, torpor”).

Translations

Noun

class of drugs

Estonian: narkootikum (et), uimasti (et), droog (et) Finnish: unilääke (fi) French: narcotique (fr) Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n. Italian: narcotico (it)

Romanian: narcotică (ro) f. Russian: наркотик (ru) (narkótik) m. Spanish: estupefaciente (es) m. Swedish: narkotika (sv) c., knark (sv) n.

numbing drug

Finnish: huumausaine (fi) Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n., αναισθητικό (el) n. Romanian: narcotică (ro) f.

Russian: наркотик (ru) (narkótik) m. Swedish: narkotika (sv) c., knark (sv) n.

Adjective

related to narcotics

Estonian: narkootiline (et), narko- (et) Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)

Russian: наркотический (ru) (narkotíčeskij) Swedish: narkotisk (sv)

sleep inducing

Estonian: narkootiline (et) Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós) Romanian: narcotic (ro)

Russian: наркотический (ru) (narkotíčeskij) Scottish Gaelic: suainealach (gd) Swedish: narkotisk (sv)

References

• “Narcotic” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

Anagrams

• cratonic

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Romanian

Adjective

Narcotic ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. narcotic

Declension

declension of Narcotic</small>

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	Narcotic	Narcotic	Narcotică	Narcotici	Narcotice	Narcotice
	definite	Narcoticul	Narcoticul	Narcotica	Narcoticii	Narcoticele	Narcoticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	Narcotic	Narcotic	Narcotice	Narcotici	Narcotice	Narcotice
	definite	Narcoticului	Narcoticului	Narcoticei	Narcoticilor	Narcoticelor	Narcoticelor

Synonyms

• somnifer

Noun

Narcotic n. (plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

Declension

declension of Narcotic

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un Narcotic	narcoticul	niște narcotice	narcoticele
genitive/dative	unui Narcotic	narcoticului	unor narcotice	narcoticelor
vocative	—	—	—	—

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Synonyms

• somnifer

Etymology

French narcotique.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [naɾˈko.tik]