Adderall
/ˈædəɹɔːl/
Adderall proper noun: a brand name for a psychostimulant combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine, used in the treatment of conditions such as ADHD and narcolepsy and often misused as a recreational drug.
Proper noun
Adderall (countable and uncountable, plural Adderalls)
- A brand name for a psychostimulant combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine, used in the treatment of conditions such as ADHD and narcolepsy and often misused as a recreational drug.
- Pop a couple of Adderalls.
- Doctors and the media have helped to create the belief that the best way to treat ADD/ADHD is with stimulant medications, such as Ritalin or Adderall.2008, Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child
- Synonyms:
- Addie//Addy
Examples of Adderall in a sentence
- A few years back I tried that “Harvard drug,” Adderall, which gives you the power to read for twelve hours straight and internalize everything you read—and it was a total disaster.2016, Douglas Coupland, “New Moods”, in Bit Rot, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 92:
- He was a teenager too, a student at an elite private boys school whose family’s western New York home was known as a party house where teens gathered to consume liquor, marijuana and Adderall.2021 November 18, Ed Shanahan, “Judge Spares Man in Teen Rape Case: ‘Incarceration Isn’t Appropriate’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Adderall made me high, yes, but what I found far more appealing was that it gave me a few hours of feeling less depressed.2023, Britney Spears, The Woman in Me, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- His regular medication box contained pills bearing Adderall markings alongside other substances, according to sources with the Times who have seen photographs of the container.2025 May 30, Joseph Gedeon, “Elon Musk allegedly took large amounts of drugs including ketamine while advising Trump – report”, in The...
Synonyms of Adderall
- Addie//Addy
Forms of Adderall
| plural | Adderalls |
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Origin of Adderall
A brand name coined by the pharmaceutical executive Roger Griggs in 1994. A contraction of the phrase ADD (“attention deficit disorder”) (f)or all, intended to convey inclusivity.
Words formed from Adderall
Questions about Adderall
- What does Adderall mean?
- Adderall means a brand name for a psychostimulant combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine, used in the treatment of conditions such as ADHD and narcolepsy and often misused as a recreational drug.
- How do you use Adderall in a sentence?
- A few years back I tried that “Harvard drug,” Adderall, which gives you the power to read for twelve hours straight and internalize everything you read—and it was a total disaster.
- What part of speech is Adderall?
- Adderall is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Adderall?
- Adderall is pronounced /ˈædəɹɔːl/.
Words near Adderall in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Adderall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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