psychoactive drug

Thesaurus

Noun

psychoactive drug - a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptionsconsciousness-altering drug, mind-altering drug, psychoactive substancedesigner drug - a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugsdronabinol - psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapydrug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcoticeuphoriant - a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoriahallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug - a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiencestetrahydrocannabinol, THC - psychoactive substance present in marijuana

Translations

psychotrope

psychoactive drug

Substance abuse An agent that provides pleasure or ameliorates pain, and may cause physical dependence and tolerance, with a tendency to ↑ dose in order to achieve the same effect; use of non-prescribed psychoactive agents may be 'social' or casual, or evolve into frank addiction; in descending order of addictive potential cocaine/'crack', amphetamines, opiates, nicotine, alcohol, benzodiazepine, barbiturates, cannabis, hallucinogens, caffeine Therapeutics An agent that improves the ability to function appropriately in clinical settings–eg, psych ward, nursing home Types Antidepressants–eg, desipramine, nortryptyline, antipsychotics–eg, haloperidol, thioridazine, benzodiazepines–eg, lorazepam, diazepam, and other hypnotics–eg, diphenhydramine

psy·cho·ac·tive drug

(sīkō-aktiv drŭg) Pharmacotherapeutic agent that possesses action to alter mood, behavior, cognitive processes, or mental stress.

psychoactive drug

Related to psychoactive drug: psychotropics

noun

Synonyms for psychoactive drug

noun a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions

Synonyms

consciousness-altering drug
mind-altering drug
psychoactive substance

Related Words

designer drug
dronabinol
drug
euphoriant
hallucinogen
hallucinogenic drug
psychedelic drug
psychodelic drug
tetrahydrocannabinol
THC