"narcotic" in the noun sense
1. narcotic
a drug that produces numbness or stupor often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain extensive use can lead to addiction
"narcotic" in the adjective sense
1. narcotic
of or relating to or designating narcotics
"narcotic addicts"
"narcotic stupor"
2. narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising
inducing stupor or narcosis
"narcotic drugs"
3. narcotic, soporiferous, soporific
inducing mental lethargy
"a narcotic speech"
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