DESIGNER DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does designer drug mean? 

• DESIGNER DRUG (noun)
  The noun DESIGNER DRUG has 1 sense:

1. 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 drugs

  Familiarity information: DESIGNER DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESIGNER DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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 drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("designer drug" is a kind of...):

consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance (a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions)