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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

• depressant(a = adj.all) Array - capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent; Array
Derived forms verb depress₁, noun depressant₁
Antonym: stimulative

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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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