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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More employers are requiring weigh-ins and health coaching before covering GLP-1s for weight loss—or dropping coverage altogether—with as many as one in eight American adults now taking the drugs as pills or injectables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

People in the trial will have one of two drugs alongside modified chemotherapy.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Increased usage of GLP-1 drugs has only added to the protein fervor in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

A year-long inquiry into the WellBN clinic found that 78 young patients were potentially harmed after puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones were prescribed without proper checks.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

She sits at my head, keeping an eye on all my vitals, adjusting the amounts of the fluids and gases and drugs they’re giving me.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman