methadon

1. 1.

   synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

   Synonymsmethadonemethadone hydrochloridedolophine hydrochloridefixersynthetic heroin

   Broadernarcotic

Other forms of methadon

plural

methadons·

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 methadon

What does methadon mean?

methadon means "synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction".

How many syllables are in methadon?

methadon has 3 syllables: me-tha-don. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for methadon?

Close synonyms include methadone, methadone hydrochloride, dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, synthetic heroin. 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 methadon a common word?

methadon 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.