consciousness-altering drug

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   a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions

   Synonymspsychoactive drugmind-altering drugpsychoactive substance

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   Narrowerdesigner drugdronabinoleuphorianthallucinogentetrahydrocannabinol

Questions about consciousness-altering drug

What does consciousness-altering drug mean?

consciousness-altering drug means "a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions".

What is another word for consciousness-altering drug?

Close synonyms include psychoactive drug, mind-altering drug, psychoactive substance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is consciousness-altering drug a common word?

consciousness-altering drug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.