Word Study
depreciator |
depreciatory |
depredate |
depredation |
depress |
depressant
| depressed
| depressed fracture
| depressing
| depressingly
| depression
depressant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun depressant has 1 sense
- depressant(n = noun.artifact) downer, sedative, sedative drug - a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person; Array has particulars: chloral hydrate, doriden, glutethimide, sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug
is a kind of drug of abuse, street drug, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
Derived forms verb depress1, adjective depressant1
Adjective depressant has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
depressant, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 that depresses.
2 Med. sedative.
--n.
1 Med. an agent, esp. a drug, that sedates.
2 an influence that depresses.
--adj.
1 that depresses.
2 Med. sedative.
--n.
1 Med. an agent, esp. a drug, that sedates.
2 an influence that depresses.
THESAURUS
depressant
Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dial, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Sulfonal, Trional, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbital, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, barbituric acid, belladonna, black, black stuff, bleak, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, bromide, calmative, cheerless, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressing, depressive, depressor, dismal, dispiriting, dolly, downer, dreary, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse, hyoscyamine, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, opiate, opium, oppressive, pacifier, pain killer, paraldehyde, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, reserpine, scag, scopolamine, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium bromide, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar, thalidomide, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket
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