Drug

Synonyms for "drug" (185 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (37)

Strong matches (56)

Related words (92)

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Noun(9 words)

medicament medication medicine mojo pharmaceutical pharmaceutical drug recreational drug stuff substance

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

5 entries

agent habituate medicate medicine use

at location

13 entries

bottle criminals hand cupboard dealer's appartement drugstore ghetto iv junkie's house medicine cabinet pharmacy pills venes vetrinary hospital

capable of

5 entries

cloud mind cloud thinking help body heal illness make feel good or bad still heart

causes

1 entries

trip

derived

123 entries

Z-drug antidrug bedrug blockbuster drug club drug codrug combination drug controlled drug counterdrug date rape drug designer drug dissociative drug do drugs drug abuse drug abuser drug addict

Showing 16 of 123 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

dry

form of

1 entries

drag

has a

1 entries

medical effect

has context

3 entries

dialect medicine pharmacology

has property

1 entries

useful

is a

4 entries

agent chemical chemical substance either brand name or generic

manner of

2 entries

medicate use

part of

1 entries

pharmacopoeia

related to

41 entries

action addict addiction addictive addictive substance body chemical cocaine coke commodity demand drudge emotion getting getting high hash

Showing 16 of 41 words.

used for

14 entries

alleviate pain alleviate unpleasant symptoms changing mental state cure diseases earning money get relaxed getting high heal patient healing healing diseases help heal sick person making people addictive taking treat illness

Translations

208 translations across 79 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
drogë noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φάρμακον noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Antillean Creole

1 entries

dwòg noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Arabic

2 entries

عَقَّار noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
مُخَدِّر noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Armenian

2 entries

թմրամիջոց noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
նարկոտիկ noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Aromanian

4 entries

droaga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
droagã noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
drogã f droghe noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

narkotik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Belarusian

1 entries

нарко́тык noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Bengali

1 entries

নেশা noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Bulgarian

4 entries

дро́га noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
лека́рство noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
наркоти́к noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
взимам наркотици verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆေး noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Catalan

3 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
estupefaent noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
fàrmac noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

毒品 noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
藥 /药 noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
藥品 /药品 noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
藥材 /药材 noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Corsican

2 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
druga noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Czech

3 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
fetovat verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)
zdrogovat se verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Danish

4 entries

droge noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
narko noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotikum noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
rusmiddel noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Dutch

4 entries

drug noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
geneesmiddel noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
medicijn noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
drogeren verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Esperanto

1 entries

drogo noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Estonian

2 entries

narkootikum noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
uimasti noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Finnish

4 entries

huumausaine noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
huume noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
lääke noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
huumata verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

French

3 entries

drogue noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
drogue noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
droguer verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Galician

1 entries

drogar verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Georgian

1 entries

ნარკოტიკი noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

German

4 entries

Arznei noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
Betäubungsmittel noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
Droge noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
Droge noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Greek

4 entries

ναρκωτικό noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
φάρμακο noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
βάζω ναρκωτικό verb (to add intoxicating drugs to something)
ναρκώνω verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Hebrew

3 entries

סַם noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
סַם noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
סִמֵּם verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Hindi

2 entries

नशा noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
मादक noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Hungarian

4 entries

drog noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
gyógyszer noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
kábítószer noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
orvosság noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Icelandic

2 entries

eiturlyf noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
fíkniefni noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Ido

1 entries

narkotigar verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Indonesian

2 entries

narkoba noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

مُخَدِّر noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Irish

2 entries

druga noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
druga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Italian

3 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
stupefacente noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
drogare verb (to add intoxicating drugs to something)

Japanese

4 entries

医薬品 noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
薬 noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
薬剤 noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
薬物 noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Kazakh

4 entries

еліткіш noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
есірткі noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
есірткіш noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
наша noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Khmer

2 entries

គ្រឿងញៀន noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
ថ្នាំញៀន noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Korean

1 entries

마약 noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

баңгизат noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
наркотик noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Lao

1 entries

ຢາເສບຕິດ noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Latvian

1 entries

narkotika noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Lithuanian

4 entries

narkotikas noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
kaifuoti verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)
narkošintis verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)
sėsti ant adatos verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Macedonian

2 entries

дрога noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
наркотик noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Malay

4 entries

dadah noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
dadah noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
ubat noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Malayalam

1 entries

മയക്കുമരുന്ന് noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Mongolian

3 entries

бодис noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
мансууруулах бодис noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
наркотик noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Māori

3 entries

pōau noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
pūroi noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
whakapōauau noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Nepali

1 entries

मादक noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

droge noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
legemiddel noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
narkotikum noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
rusmiddel noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

droge noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
narkotikum noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Occitan

1 entries

dròga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Ojibwe

1 entries

mashkiki noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

علاج noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Pashto

1 entries

مخدر noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Polish

4 entries

drag noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotyk noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotyzować się verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)
naszprycować verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Portuguese

3 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narcótico noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
drogar verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Romanian

3 entries

drog noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narcotică noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
droga verb (to administer intoxicating drugs)

Russian

4 entries

дурь noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
лека́рство noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
нарко́тик noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
наркота́ noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अगद noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
औषध noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
भेषज noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dróga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkòtik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
дро́га noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
нарко̀тик noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Slovak

1 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Slovene

1 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Spanish

4 entries

droga noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
fármaco noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
narcótico noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Swahili

3 entries

dawa noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
dawa ya famasia noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
dawa ya kulevya noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Swedish

4 entries

drog noun (substance used as a medical treatment — see also medicine)
drog noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
knark noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
narkotika noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Tagalog

1 entries

droga noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Tajik

2 entries

анвои нашъа noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
мухаддир noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Thai

1 entries

ยาเสพติด noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Turkish

2 entries

narkotik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
uyuşturucu noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Ukrainian

1 entries

нарко́тик noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Urdu

3 entries

مادَک noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
مُخَدِّر noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
نَشَہ noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Uyghur

1 entries

ناركوتىك noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Uzbek

2 entries

narkotik noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)
tinchlantiruvchi noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Vietnamese

1 entries

ma túy noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Welsh

1 entries

cyffur noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

West-Frisian

1 entries

drug noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Western Apache

1 entries

izeeʼ dénchǫʼí noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Yiddish

1 entries

נאַרקאָטיק noun (psychoactive substance ingested for recreational use, especially illegal and addictive one)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The convicted drug dealer was willing to comply with the authorities to have his death sentence reduced to a life sentence.

Source: tatoeba (1934)

Don't do that!!! There's a computer at the drug store.

Source: tatoeba (30202)

The new drug will be tested in Vaxgen's laboratory.

Source: tatoeba (35481)

We haven't tried the drug out on humans yet.

Source: tatoeba (43548)

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