Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recreational pharmaceutical

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: recre-ation-al phar-ma-ceu-ti-cal
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medication or similar controlled substance which is consumed outside the context of normal medical treatment for the sole purpose of inducing pleasant sensations, mental reverie, or a state of intoxication.

Example Sentences

"If there is one person who can be held responsible for the emergence of cocaine as a recreational pharmaceutical, it was Freud."

Inflected Forms

recreational pharmaceuticals (plural)

Synonyms

recreational drug

Questions

What does recreational pharmaceutical mean?: A medication or similar controlled substance which is consumed outside the context of normal medical treatment for the sole purpose of inducing pleasant sensations, mental reverie, or a state of intoxication.

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