opium
/ˈoʊ.pi.əm/noun3 syllables
Opium means: an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy.
Synonyms for opium15
also used for opium
opiate, aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine, gondola, goric, guma, hop/hops
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What does opium mean?1
noun
1
an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Opium in a sentence
- Neither wine, nor opium, nor tobacco are necessary for people’s lives.Dejo
- What can bound feet, essay-writing and opium have in common?mrtaistoi
- Morphine, an alkaloid found in opium, has powerful analgesic properties.rul
- Karl set fire to the entire opium farm.Amastan
- The two major active alkaloids in opium are morphine and codeine.rul
- In Afghanistan, the opium trade has been a substantial, though illicit, economic factor.always
- Opium and booze turned Gabriel into a living corpse.Amastan
- Religion is the opium of the people.Eldad
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Forms of opium
as a noun
- plural
- opiums