Drug

Noun

 * 1)  A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
 * 2)  A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system.
 * 3) A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, which alters the way the mind or body works.
 * 4) A substance, especially one which is illegal, ingested for recreational use.

Verb

 * 1)  To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
 * 2)  To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.

Adjectives for Drug
impotent; fatal; injurious; valuable; convenient; official; nerve-exciting; deleterious; evil-smelling; subtle; incompatible; nauseous; diluted; obnoxious; illicit; habit-forming; powerful; futile; sleep-inducing; insidious; pernicious; deadly; opiate; antisyphilitic; spicy; ancient; various (plural); somniferous;

Verbs for Drug
addict to—; administer—; apply—; dimin¬ish—; distribute—; employ—; inhale—; label—; peddle—; prescribe—; purvey—; recommend—; rely on—; saturate with—; smuggle in—; swallow—; traffic in—; treat with—; turn to—; —affects; —aids; — allays; —alleviates; —antidotes; —controls; —heals; —induces; —poisons; —purges; —scours; inject—.

Synonyms for Drug

 * (noun) medicine, narcotic, specific, pharmaceutical, dope, biological, compound, extract, anesthetic.
 * (verb) sedate, narcotize, anesthetize, knock out, desensitize.

Derived terms

 * drug abuse
 * drug addict
 * do drugs
 * druggy/druggie


 * drug on the market
 * drugstore
 * small molecule drug

Thesaurus
medicine, mesmerize, methamphetamine hydrochloride, mixture, narcotic, narcotize, nonprescription drug, numb, obtund, officinal, oil, opiate, pain-killer, palsy, panacea, paralyze, patent medicine, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, poison, powder, preparation, prescription drug, product, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, psychedelic, put to sleep, put under, quinine, remedy, rock to sleep, sal ammoniac, salve, sassafras, seconds, sedate, sedative, simple, simples, sleeping pill, soporific, special, specific, standard article, staple, staple item, stimulant, strychnine, stun, stupefy, syrup, tea, theraputant, tisane, trance, tranquilizer, treat, treatment, upper, vegetable remedies, vendible, ware, Adrenalin, Benzedrine, Dexamyl, Dexedrine, KO, Methedrine, Mickey Finn, aloes, ammonium carbonate, amphetamine, amphetamine sulphate, analgesic, anesthetic, anesthetize, anoint, antidepressant, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, balm, balsam, bedaze, belladonna, benumb, benzoin, besot, bismuth, blunt, caffeine, chloroform, chocolate, cocaine, cocoa, coffee, coldcock, colocynth, commodity, cure, cure-all, deaden, desensitize, desoxyephedrine, dextroamphetamine sulfate, dope, dose, downer, drops, dull, electuary, elixir, embrocate, entrance, ergot, etherize, ethical drug, feature, freeze, generic name, hallucinogenic, herbs, hop, hypnotic, hypnotize, inhalant, item, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, knockout drop, kola, kola nut, lay out, lead item, leader, lincture, linctus, loss leader, lull to sleep, magnetize, materia medica, medicament, medicate, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs,

Etymology 1
From drogge:, from  drogue:, from  drogue:, drocque:, of  origin, from  or  droge:, as in droge: vate:, mistaking droge: for the contents, which were wontedly dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch droghe:, from drogi:, from. Cognate with English dry:, German trocken:. See also.

Etymology 2
Germanic ablaut formation, cognate to German trug.

Noun

 * Catalan: droga
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 * Korean: 마약
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Norwegian:, rusmiddel
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మత్తుమందు


 * Arabic: مخدر, مخدرات
 * Chinese: 藥物 (yàowù), 药物 (yàowù), 药材 (yàocái)
 * Croatian:
 * German:


 * Greek: ψυχοτρόπο
 * Hebrew:
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 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
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 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian: rusmiddel
 * Portuguese:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: дрогирам се, взимам наркотици
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:


 * Greek:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: drogeren


 * Italian:

Noun

 * 1) pole, stick

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) friend
 * 2) comrade

Derived terms

 * drúga
 * drùgār
 * drugòvati
 * drùškan
 * drúštvo
 * drùžba


 * drȕžbenīk
 * druželjùbiv
 * drùžica
 * drùžina
 * drúžiti

Related terms

 * drugàrica
 * drúga
 * drùžica

Synonyms

 * prȉjatelj

Adjective

 * 1) other