- a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain: The opium poppy yields morphine, codeine, and other opiates.
- any sedative, soporific, or narcotic: Back then, the country physician would concoct all sorts of opiates in a crude kitchen laboratory.
- anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings: His favorite opiate seems to be a six-pack in front of the TV.
- mixed or prepared with opium: Some opiate substances, such as thebaine, may be more toxic than narcotic.
- inducing sleep; soporific; narcotic: Subjects were given a variety of opiate teas over the course of a four-week study.
- causing dullness or inaction: The opiate effects of their droning reprimands were legendary.
- to subject to an opiate; stupefy: The violent patients were routinely opiated.
- to dull or deaden: This dreadful music is opiating my spirit.
- any of various narcotic drugs, such as morphine and heroin, that act on opioid receptors
- any other narcotic or sedative drug
- something that soothes, deadens, or induces sleep
- containing or consisting of opium
- inducing relaxation; soporific
- to treat with an opiate
- to dull or deaden
