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intoxicant

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As a noun, intoxicant means something which intoxicates. As an adjective, it means intoxicating.

Meanings of intoxicant

6 meanings

noun

  1. Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent

    “Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.”

  2. Poison.

  3. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agentfood

    “alcohol (or drink) ruined him”

    Similar: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, inebriant

  4. A drug that can produce a state of intoxication

adjective

  1. Intoxicating.

  2. Causing intoxication

    “an intoxicating drink”

    Similar: intoxicating

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: causing intoxication
intoxicating
noun: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
alcoholalcoholic drinkalcoholic beverageinebriant

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