opium

Meaning

1. A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
2. Anything that numbs or stupefies.

Synonyms

codeine

coke

dope

mist

narcotic

smoke

snow

❄️

territory

vapor

narcotic drugs

thebaic

thebaica

cocaine

tobacco

contraband goods

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈoʊ.pi.əm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“juice, resin”).