DRUG OF ABUSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects)
   • drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
   Synonym(s)
   • street drug (what does street drug mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drug of abuse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drug (what does drug mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • amphetamine (what does amphetamine mean?)
   • pep pill (what does pep pill mean?)
   • upper (what does upper mean?)
   • speed (what does speed mean?)
   • barbiturate (what does barbiturate mean?)
   • gateway drug (what does gateway drug mean?)
   • lysergic acid diethylamide (what does lysergic acid diethylamide mean?)
   • LSD (what does LSD mean?)
   • sedative (what does sedative mean?)
   • sedative drug (what does sedative drug mean?)
   • depressant (what does depressant mean?)
   • downer (what does downer mean?)
   • soft drug (what does soft drug mean?)
   • tobacco (what does tobacco mean?)
   • baccy (what does baccy mean?)
   • alcohol (what does alcohol mean?)
   • alcoholic beverage (what does alcoholic beverage mean?)
   • intoxicant (what does intoxicant mean?)
   • inebriant (what does inebriant mean?)