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psychostimulant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chos-tim-u-lant
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness

noun

A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English stimulant English psychostimulant From psycho- + stimulant.

Inflected Forms

more psychostimulant (comparative) most psychostimulant (superlative) psychostimulants (plural)

Synonyms

stimulant

Questions

What does psychostimulant mean?
Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness
Where does psychostimulant come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English stimulant English psychostimulant From psycho- + stimulant.

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