intoxicant

intoxicant
adj
1. alcoholic, intoxicating, Archaic. intoxicative, inebriant, inebriating, inebriative.
2. exciting, breath-taking, thrilling, heady, stirring, moving; exhilarating, exuberating, invigorating, stimulating, animating, inspiring.
n
3. alcoholic beverage or drink, drink, potation; liquor, alcohol, spirits, John Barleycorn, the demon rum, Inf. booze, Inf. hard stuff, Sl. likker, Sl. hooch, Sl. sauce, Sl. medicine; Sl. redeye, Sl. rotgut, Sl. blue ruin; U.S. Inf. moonshine, Inf. firewater, Sl. mountain dew, Sl. white lightning; mixed drink, cocktail, highball, Inf. chaser; stimulant, bracer, Inf. eye-opener; nightcap, Brit. Inf. sundowner; the bottle, the cup, the cup that cheers.
4. drug, narcotic, Sl. dope; soporific, opiate; Sl.Mickey Finn, Sl. knockout drops.

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