psychoactive

Questions about psychoactive

What does psychoactive mean?

psychoactive means "affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes".

How many syllables are in psychoactive?

psychoactive has 4 syllables: psy-cho-ac-tive. The stress falls on "cho".

What is another word for psychoactive?

Close synonyms include psychotropic. 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.

What is the opposite of psychoactive?

The recorded antonyms are nonpsychoactive.

Is psychoactive a common word?

psychoactive 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.