opium

Noun

Meaning

The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mandrake poppy tar drug cocaine morphine narcotic anesthetic hemp hypnotic junk laudanum codeine meconium opiate

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Antonyms

harm painful stimulating bracing refreshing stimulant

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Hypernyms

narcotic controlled substance

Phrases with the word

opium poppies opium poppy cultivation opium poppy-growing opium production cultivation of opium opium cultivation

Examples

Optimism is the opium of the people. Milan Kundera

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Karl Marx

Religion... is the opium of the people. Karl Marx

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. André Malraux

It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present. Antonin Artaud

One must ask the delight of opium from one that smokes it. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

opistothorax opitulation Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome opium addict opium alkaloid opium cultivation