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EUPHORIANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does euphoriant mean?
• EUPHORIANT (noun)
The noun EUPHORIANT has 1 sense:
1. a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria
Familiarity information: EUPHORIANT used as a noun is very rare.
• EUPHORIANT (adjective)
The adjective EUPHORIANT has 1 sense:
1. tending to produce euphoria
Familiarity information: EUPHORIANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("euphoriant" is a kind of...):
consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance (a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions)
Derivation:
euphoriant (tending to produce euphoria)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to produce euphoria
Similar:
euphoric (exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation)
Derivation:
euphoriant (a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria)
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