drug of abuse

Questions about drug of abuse

What is another word for drug of abuse?

It depends which drug of abuse you mean. In the sense “a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction”, the synonyms are street drug. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of drug of abuse?

WordNet records no antonym for drug of abuse. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for drug of abuse come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of drug of abuse

• Full entry for drug of abuseAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for drug of abuseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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