downer (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *downer*:
NOUN	artifact	downer, sedative, sedative drug, depressant	a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

downer > pronunciation
Sounds	daw'ner
Rhymes	Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner...

English > *downer*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
Synonyms	sedative, sedative drug, depressant
Narrower	chloral hydrate	A colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative
	glutethimide, Doriden	sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders
	sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug	A sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep
Broader	drug of abuse, street drug	A drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects)
Broader	medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Spanish	ansiolítico, calmante, depresor, sedante, sedativo, tranquilizante
Catalan	calmant, depressor, sedant
Verbs	down	cause to come or go down

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