Associations to the word «Opiate»

Wiktionary

OPIATE, adjective. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
OPIATE, adjective. Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
OPIATE, adjective. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.
OPIATE, noun. A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
OPIATE, noun. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
OPIATE, verb. (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

Dictionary definition

OPIATE, noun. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats