hallucinogenic drug

Questions about hallucinogenic drug

What does hallucinogenic drug mean?

hallucinogenic drug means "a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences".

What is another word for hallucinogenic drug?

Close synonyms include hallucinogen, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug. 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 hallucinogenic drug a common word?

hallucinogenic 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.