ghb

1. 1.

   a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape

   Synonymsgamma hydroxybutyrate

   Broaderclub drug

   Narrowersoap

Other forms of ghb

plural

ghbs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ghb

What does ghb mean?

ghb means "a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape".

How many syllables are in ghb?

ghb has 1 syllable: ghb.

What is another word for ghb?

Close synonyms include gamma hydroxybutyrate. 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 ghb a common word?

ghb is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.