Opium

Noun

 * 1)  A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
 * 2)  Anything that numbs or stupefies.
 * 3) * "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, . . . It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:recreational drug

Verbs for Opium
drowse under—; smoke—; smuggle—in; steep in—; trade in—; traffic in—; —allays; —assuages; —benumbs; —blunts; —deadens; —dulls; —enslaves; —mitigates; —pal¬liates; —poisons; —stimulates; —stuns; — stupefies; —subdues.

Thesaurus
Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, 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, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant, depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, lullaby, mandrake, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, nightcap, opiate, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, poppy, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-bringer, sleep-inducer, sleep-producer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

Etymology
From opium: and  ὄπιον: < ὀπός:.

Translations

 * Arabic: أفيون
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 * Belarusian: опіюм
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 * Greek: όπιο
 * Hindi: अफ़ीम


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 * Lithuanian:, opiumas
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 * Swedish: opium
 * Thai: ฝิ่น
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 * Greek: όπιο
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Noun

 * 1) opium

Noun

 * 1) opium
 * 2) * Karl Marx, "Zur Kritik der Hegel'schen Rechts-Philosophie," in "Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher," February, 1844
 * Die Religion ist der Seufzer der bedrängten Kreatur, das Gemüth einer herzlosen Welt, wie sie der Geist geistloser Zustände ist. Sie ist das Opium des Volks."

Noun

 * 1) opium, poppy-juice

Alternative forms

 * opion

Etymology
Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄπιον:.

Descendants

 * English:
 * Italian:

Noun

 * 1) opium (a drug)
 * religionen är ett opium för folket
 * religion is the opium of the people (Karl Marx)

Related terms

 * opiat
 * opioid
 * opiumalkaloid
 * opiumförbrukning
 * opiumhalt
 * opiumhandel
 * opiuminförsel
 * opiumkrig
 * opiummissbruk
 * opiumodling
 * opiumpipa
 * opiumpreparat
 * opiumproduktion
 * opiumtinktur
 * opiumvallmo