drug: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with D · ends with G
Meaning of drug
noun
A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
Example: Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
Example: We took drugs and partied all night.
- broadly
Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
Listed forms: drugs.
Source: Wiktionary — drug.
verb
- transitive
To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
Example: She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
- transitive
To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
Example: She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.
- intransitive
To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
- intransitive, rare
To use intoxicating drugs.
Listed forms: drugs, drugging, drugged.
Source: Wiktionary — drug.
verb
- US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of drag
Base or related entry: drag.
Example: You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.
Source: Wiktionary — drug.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for drug.
verb
administer a drug to
verb
use recreational drugs
- do drugs
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is drug in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of drug
D(2) + R(1) + U(1) + G(2) = 6 points.
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Anagrams of drug
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from drug
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