tincture of opium

1. 1.

   narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

   Synonymslaudanum

   Broaderopiate

Questions about tincture of opium

What does tincture of opium mean?

tincture of opium means "narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient".

What is another word for tincture of opium?

Close synonyms include laudanum. 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 tincture of opium a common word?

tincture of opium 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.