drugs

NOUN

medication

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cure medicine narcotic pharmaceutical pill poison prescription remedy stimulant

STRONG

depressant dope essence medicament opiate pharmaceutic physic potion sedative tonic

WEAK

biologic medicinal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disease

VERB

put under influence of medication

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dope medicate poison sedate

STRONG

anesthetize benumb blunt deaden desensitize dose fix hit narcotize numb relax stupefy treat

WEAK

analgize dope up dose up knock out

Antonyms

STRONG

enliven ignore increase neglect

Example Sentences

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Even with drugs like ivermectin, treating the parasite can be a labor-intensive process.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Employees’ weight-loss drugs are next on the corporate chopping block.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

In those cases, UNI418 restored the cells' responsiveness to the drugs.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Nestlé faces challenges including GLP-1 drugs, geopolitical risks, and investor calls to sell its $48 billion L’Oréal stake.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson