street drug

1. 1.

   a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction

   Synonymsdrug of abuse

   Broaderdrug

   Narroweramphetaminegateway druglysergic acid diethylamidesedativesoft drugtobaccoalcohol

Questions about street drug

What does street drug mean?

street drug means "a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction".

What is another word for street drug?

Close synonyms include drug of abuse. 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 street drug a common word?

street 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.