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Synonyms of opium

28 similar words

Another word for opium is opiate. Other synonyms of opium are ze and ope.

Synonyms and similar words for opium

nounAnything that numbs or stupefies.

  • opiateSomething that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

nounMore synonyms

  • aunti/aunti Emma
  • big OOpium.
  • chandu IndiaOpium prepared for smoking.
  • Chinese tobacco
  • dopium
  • dream gun
  • dream stick
  • fi-do-nie
  • gee
  • God's medicineThe drug opium.
  • gondola
  • goric
  • guma
  • hop/hops
  • midnight oilThe drug opium.
  • mudOpium.
  • opeAn alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc).
  • pen yan
  • pin gon
  • pox
  • skee
  • toxy
  • when-shee
  • yenOpium.
  • zeThe name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.
  • zero
  • meconium obsoleteOpium.

Meaning of opium

  1. noun A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
  2. noun Anything that numbs or stupefies.

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Questions about synonyms of opium

What is another word for opium?
Opium has 28 synonyms on Word.ws, such as opiate, ze and ope.
What does opium mean?
Opium means a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opium (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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