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hallucinogenic

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /həˌluːsɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk/
  • US: /həˌlusɪnəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
  • US: /həˌlusənəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛnɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 L UW2 S AH0 N AH0 JH EH1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

producing hallucinations

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • After eating some hallucinogenic mushrooms, he said he saw a lot of pretty colors.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a substance that is a hallucinogen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • hallucinogenics are sometimes used in indigenous people's religious rites.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

capable of producing hallucinations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • LSD is a powerful hallucinogenic drug

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hallucination Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English hallucinogen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hallucinogenic From hallucinogen + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: галюцынаге́нны (haljucynahjénny) — producing hallucinations
  • Catalan: al·lucinogen — producing hallucinations
  • Czech: halucinogenní — producing hallucinations
  • Finnish: hallusinogeeninen — producing hallucinations
  • French: hallucinogène — producing hallucinations
  • Galician: alucinóxeno — producing hallucinations
  • German: halluzinogen — producing hallucinations
  • Greek: παραισθησιογόνος (paraisthisiogónos) — producing hallucinations
  • Hungarian: hallucinogén — producing hallucinations
  • Italian: allucinogeno — producing hallucinations
  • Lithuanian: haliucinogeninis — producing hallucinations
  • Polish: halucynogenny — producing hallucinations
  • Portuguese: alucinógeno — producing hallucinations
  • Brazilian Portuguese: alucinogênico — producing hallucinations
  • European Portuguese: alucinogénico — producing hallucinations
  • Romanian: halucinogen — producing hallucinations
  • Russian: галлюциноге́нный (galljucinogénnyj) — producing hallucinations
  • Spanish: alucinógeno — producing hallucinations
  • Swedish: hallucinogen — producing hallucinations
  • Ukrainian: галюциноге́нний (haljucynohénnyj) — producing hallucinations
  • Catalan: al·lucinogen — a substance that is a hallucinogen
  • Finnish: hallusinogeeni — a substance that is a hallucinogen
  • French: hallucinogène — a substance that is a hallucinogen
  • Hungarian: hallucinogén — a substance that is a hallucinogen
  • Spanish: alucinógeno — a substance that is a hallucinogen
  • Swedish: hallucinogen — a substance that is a hallucinogen