methadone

Questions about methadone

What does methadone mean?

methadone 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 methadone?

methadone has 3 syllables: met-ha-done. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /ˈmɛθəˌdoʊn/.

What is another word for methadone?

Close synonyms include methadone hydrochloride, methadon, 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 methadone a common word?

methadone is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with methadone?

1 word rhymes with methadone. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.