Intoxicant

//ɪnˈtɒksɪk(ə)nt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.

    "Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants."

  2. 2
    a drug that can produce a state of intoxication wordnet
  3. 3
    Poison.
  4. 4
    a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Intoxicating. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    causing intoxication wordnet

Example

More examples

"Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants."

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