opiate
adjective
• relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
• "the use of opiate drugs"
opiate
noun
• a drug derived from or related to opium.
• "the opiates are known to have natural counterparts called endorphins"
Similar:
drug,
narcotic,
mind-altering drug,
sedative,
tranquillizer,
depressant,
sleeping pill,
soporific,
anaesthetic,
painkiller,
analgesic,
anodyne,
barbiturate,
bromide,
morphine,
opium,
laudanum,
calmative,
palliative,
stupefacient,
dope,
downer,
nepenthes,
sleeping draught,
opiate
verb
• dull the senses of (someone) with or as if with opium.
• "he grew old and soft, opiating himself into a dreaming bliss"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from medieval Latin opiatus (adjective), opiatus (noun), based on Latin opium (see opium).
