HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hallucinogenic drug mean? 

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

1. a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychedelic drug; psychodelic drug

Hypernyms ("hallucinogenic 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hallucinogenic drug"):

LSD; lysergic acid diethylamide (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)

mescaline; peyote (the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons)

angel dust; PCP; phencyclidine; phencyclidine hydrochloride (a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or 'dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen)

psilocin; psilocybin (a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom)

salvinorin (a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum)