DEPRESSANT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
   Synonym(s)
   • downer (what does downer mean?)
   • sedative (what does sedative mean?)
   • sedative drug (what does sedative drug mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) depressant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • medicine (what does medicine mean?)
   • medication (what does medication mean?)
   • medicament (what does medicament mean?)
   • medicinal drug (what does medicinal drug mean?)
   • drug of abuse (what does drug of abuse mean?)
   • street drug (what does street drug mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • benzodiazepine (what does benzodiazepine mean?)
   • bromide (what does bromide mean?)
   • chloral hydrate (what does chloral hydrate mean?)
   • glutethimide (what does glutethimide mean?)
   • Doriden (what does Doriden mean?)
   • sedative-hypnotic (what does sedative-hypnotic mean?)
   • sedative-hypnotic drug (what does sedative-hypnotic drug mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • down (what does down mean?)
   • knock down (what does knock down mean?)
   • cut down (what does cut down mean?)
   • push down (what does push down mean?)
   • pull down (what does pull down mean?)
   • depress (what does depress mean?)
   • deject (what does deject mean?)
   • cast down (what does cast down mean?)
   • get down (what does get down mean?)
   • dismay (what does dismay mean?)
   • dispirit (what does dispirit mean?)
   • demoralize (what does demoralize mean?)
   • demoralise (what does demoralise mean?)

DEPRESSANT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
   Antonym(s)
   • stimulative (what does stimulative mean?)
   Similar To
   • ataractic (what does ataractic mean?)
   • ataraxic (what does ataraxic mean?)
   • sedative (what does sedative mean?)
   • tranquilizing (what does tranquilizing mean?)
   • tranquilising (what does tranquilising mean?)
   • narcotic (what does narcotic mean?)
   • narcotizing (what does narcotizing mean?)
   • narcotising (what does narcotising mean?)
   • relaxant (what does relaxant mean?)
   • soporific (what does soporific mean?)
   • soporiferous (what does soporiferous mean?)
   • somniferous (what does somniferous mean?)
   • somnific (what does somnific mean?)
   • hypnogogic (what does hypnogogic mean?)
   • hypnagogic (what does hypnagogic mean?)