adj
Meaning 1
Intoxicating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intoxicant
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noun
Meaning 2
Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Poison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
causing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intoxicating
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: drug
noun
Meaning 6
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- alcohol (or drink) ruined him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, inebriant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drug of abuse, street drug, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
Narrower terms: proof spirit, home brew, homebrew, hooch, hootch, kava, kavakava, aperitif, brew, brewage, sake, saki, rice beer, nipa, wine, vino, liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink, neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol, pulque, liqueur, cordial, mixed drink, hard cider, perry, rotgut, slug, koumiss, kumis
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: упояващо средство (upojavašto sredstvo) — intoxicating agent
- Chinese Mandarin: 使人陶醉的東西 /使人陶醉的东西 (shǐ rén táozuì de dōngxi) — intoxicating agent
- Chinese Mandarin: 醉人物質 /醉人物质 (zuìrén wùzhì) — intoxicating agent
- Chinese Mandarin: 麻醉劑 /麻醉剂 (mázuìjì) — intoxicating agent
- Danish: rusmiddel — intoxicating agent
- Finnish: päihde — intoxicating agent
- German: Rauschmittel — intoxicating agent
- Latin: ēbriāmen — intoxicating agent
- Māori: rongoā whakawairangi — intoxicating agent
- Norwegian Bokmål: rusmiddel — intoxicating agent
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rusmiddel — intoxicating agent
- Spanish: intoxicante — intoxicating agent
- Spanish: embriagante — intoxicating agent