Standard Lemma guide

narcotize

verb · 4 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnɑːkə.tʌɪz/
  • General-American: /ˈnɑɹ.kəˌtaɪz/

1

verb

Meaning 1

To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make into a narcotic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

administer narcotics to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: narcotise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug, dose

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English narcot(ic) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English narcotize From narcot(ic) + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: narcotitzar — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Finnish: huumata — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Finnish: tainnuttaa — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Finnish: nukuttaa — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • French: narcotiser — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Hungarian: érzéstelenít — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Hungarian: elkábít — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Hungarian: elbódít — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Hungarian: narkotizál — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Hungarian: elaltat — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Ido: narkotigar — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Polish: narkotyzować — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Polish: znarkotyzować — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Romanian: narcotiza — to use a narcotic to induce narcosis in
  • Catalan: narcotitzar — to dull the senses of
  • Finnish: huumata — to dull the senses of
  • Polish: narkotyzować — to dull the senses of
  • Polish: znarkotyzować — to dull the senses of
  • Finnish: valmistaa huumetta — to make into a narcotic
  • Polish: narkotyzować — to make into a narcotic
  • Polish: znarkotyzować — to make into a narcotic