Opium

//ˈoʊ.pi.əm//

Synonyms for "opium" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (35)

Related words (58)

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

More specific

4 entries

derived

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

derived from

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

6 entries

related to

21 entries

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

151 translations across 95 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μηκώνιον noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ὄπιον noun (drug from opium poppy)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أَفْيُون noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • افيون noun (drug from opium poppy)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ափիոն noun (drug from opium poppy)

Assamese

2 entries
  • আফিং noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • কানি noun (drug from opium poppy)

Asturian

1 entries
  • opiu noun (drug from opium poppy)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • afyon noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • о́пій noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • о́піюм noun (drug from opium poppy)

Bengali

1 entries
  • আফিম noun (drug from opium poppy)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • о́пиум noun (drug from opium poppy)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘိန်း noun (drug from opium poppy)

Catalan

1 entries
  • opi noun (drug from opium poppy)

Cebuano

3 entries
  • ampiyon noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • upyo noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • upyum noun (drug from opium poppy)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 鴉片 /鸦片 noun (drug from opium poppy)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 鴉片 /鸦片 noun (drug from opium poppy)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 阿片 noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • 阿芙蓉 noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • 鴉片 /鸦片 noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • 鴉片 /鸦片 noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Czech

1 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Danish

1 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Dutch

2 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opium noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 阿片 noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • 鴉片 /鸦片 noun (drug from opium poppy)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • opio noun (drug from opium poppy)

Estonian

1 entries
  • oopium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Finnish

2 entries
  • oopiumi noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • oopiumi noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

French

1 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Galician

1 entries
  • opio noun (drug from opium poppy)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ოპიუმი noun (drug from opium poppy)

German

2 entries
  • Opium noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • Opium noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Greek

2 entries
  • όπιο noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • όπιο noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • opiummi noun (drug from opium poppy)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • અફીણ noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • અહિફેન noun (drug from opium poppy)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻopiuma noun (drug from opium poppy)

Hiligaynon

2 entries
  • apián noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ópyo noun (drug from opium poppy)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अफ़ीम noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • अफेन noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • अहिफेन noun (drug from opium poppy)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • áfium noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ópium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Iban

3 entries
  • chandu noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • chandu noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • piun noun (drug from opium poppy)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • ópíum noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ópíum noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • apiun noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • candu noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • madat noun (drug from opium poppy)

Irish

1 entries
  • óipiam noun (drug from opium poppy)

Italian

1 entries
  • oppio noun (drug from opium poppy)

Japanese

3 entries
  • オピウム noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • 阿片 noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • 鴉片 noun (drug from opium poppy)

Javanese

2 entries
  • ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ꦩꦢꦠ꧀ noun (drug from opium poppy)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 얘펜 noun (drug from opium poppy)

Jingpho

1 entries
  • ka-ni noun (drug from opium poppy)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • манцн noun (drug from opium poppy)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಅಫೀಮು noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ಎಲೆಮದ್ದು noun (drug from opium poppy)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • апиын noun (drug from opium poppy)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាភៀន noun (drug from opium poppy)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아편 noun (drug from opium poppy)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • апийим noun (drug from opium poppy)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຝີ່ນ noun (drug from opium poppy)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • opijus noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opiumas noun (drug from opium poppy)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦚᦲᧃᧈ noun (drug from opium poppy)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • опиум noun (drug from opium poppy)

Malay

2 entries
  • candu noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • candu noun (drug from opium poppy)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അവീൻ noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • കറുപ്പ് noun (drug from opium poppy)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠶᠠᡵᠰᡳ noun (drug from opium poppy)

Maranao

3 entries
  • ampiyon noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • apiyom noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • apiyon noun (drug from opium poppy)

Mon

2 entries
  • ဘိၚ် noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ဘိၚ် noun (drug from opium poppy)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • мансууруулагч noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • опиум noun (drug from opium poppy)

Māori

1 entries
  • opiuma noun (drug from opium poppy)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अफिम noun (drug from opium poppy)

Newar

1 entries
  • अफिम noun (drug from opium poppy)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • afyon noun (drug from opium poppy)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Occitan

1 entries
  • opiom noun (drug from opium poppy)

Pashto

2 entries
  • اپيم noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • اپين noun (drug from opium poppy)

Persian

1 entries
  • افیون noun (drug from opium poppy)

Polish

3 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opium noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)
  • opium dla mas noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ópio noun (drug from opium poppy)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਅਫੀਮ noun (drug from opium poppy)

Romanian

1 entries
  • opiu noun (drug from opium poppy)

Russian

2 entries
  • о́пий noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • о́пиум noun (drug from opium poppy)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अहिफेन noun (drug from opium poppy)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • òpijūm noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • òpijūm noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)
  • о̀пијӯм noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • о̀пијӯм noun (anything that numbs or stupefies)

Shan

2 entries
  • ၽိင်း noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ၽိၼ် noun (drug from opium poppy)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • loppiu noun (drug from opium poppy)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • आफ़ीम noun (drug from opium poppy)

Sinhalese

3 entries
  • අබිං noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • කංසා noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • මාඩා noun (drug from opium poppy)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ópium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Spanish

2 entries
  • anfión noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opio noun (drug from opium poppy)

Swahili

1 entries
  • afyuni noun (drug from opium poppy)

Swedish

1 entries
  • opium noun (drug from opium poppy)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • ampiyon noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • apyan noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opyo noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • opyum noun (drug from opium poppy)

Tajik

1 entries
  • афюн noun (drug from opium poppy)

Tamil

2 entries
  • அபினி noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • அபின் noun (drug from opium poppy)

Telugu

2 entries
  • అభిని noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • నల్లమందు noun (drug from opium poppy)

Thai

1 entries
  • ฝิ่น noun (drug from opium poppy)

Tulu

2 entries
  • ಅಫೀನಿ noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • ಅಫೀಮು noun (drug from opium poppy)

Turkish

1 entries
  • afyon noun (drug from opium poppy)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • о́пій noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • о́піум noun (drug from opium poppy)

Urdu

1 entries
  • افیون noun (drug from opium poppy)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • afyun noun (drug from opium poppy)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thuốc phiện noun (drug from opium poppy)
  • á phiện noun (drug from opium poppy)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • opyo noun (drug from opium poppy)

Welsh

1 entries
  • opiwm noun (drug from opium poppy)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Religion is the opium of the people.

Source: tatoeba (266310)

Neither wine, nor opium, nor tobacco are necessary for people’s lives.

Source: tatoeba (1724922)

The "Red Dragon" is a well-known gambling and opium den.

Source: tatoeba (2947693)

What can bound feet, essay-writing and opium have in common?

Source: tatoeba (3354285)

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