methylenedioxymethamphetamine

1. 1.

   a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States

   “MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time”

   SynonymsMDMA

   Broaderclub drug

   NarrowerAdam

Other forms of methylenedioxymethamphetamine

plural

methylenedioxymethamphetamines·

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 methylenedioxymethamphetamine

What does methylenedioxymethamphetamine mean?

methylenedioxymethamphetamine means "a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States".

How many syllables are in methylenedioxymethamphetamine?

methylenedioxymethamphetamine has 12 syllables: me-thy-le-ne-di-ox-y-me-tham-phe-ta-mine. The stress falls on "phe".

What is another word for methylenedioxymethamphetamine?

Close synonyms include MDMA. 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 methylenedioxymethamphetamine a common word?

methylenedioxymethamphetamine 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.