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recreational drug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
recre-ation-al -drug
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A psychoactive drug taken deliberately for the effect it has on the mind rather than for its medicinal effects.

Etymology

From recreational + drug.

Inflected Forms

recreational drugs (plural)

Phrases

alcoholic beverage :Category:Recreational drugs

Frequently Paired Words

hallucinogen intoxicant alcoholic beverage :Category:Recreational drugs

Synonyms

recreational pharmaceutical recreational drug drug dope gear horse stuff substance

Questions

What does recreational drug mean?
A psychoactive drug taken deliberately for the effect it has on the mind rather than for its medicinal effects.
Where does recreational drug come from?
From recreational + drug.

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