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Definition: Psychoactive |
PsychoactiveAdjective1. Affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes; "psychoactive drugs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Those drugs which alter sensation, mood, consciousness or other psychological or behavioral functions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PsychoactiveSynonym: psychotropic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonpsychoactive (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Psychoactive |
| English words defined with "psychoactive": designer drug, dronabinol ♦ euphoriant ♦ hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug ♦ Leary ♦ psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug ♦ tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, Tim Leary, Timothy Francis Leary, Timothy Leary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "psychoactive": Ibogaine ♦ Receptors, Opioid, Receptors, sigma ♦ Siberian ginseng. (references) |
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Health | Piracetam is a psychoactive drug that some believe may improve cognitive function. (references) | |
Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors that produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. (references) | ||
Scientific research is also beginning to show that nicotine may not be the only psychoactive ingredient in tobacco. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Psychoactive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Psychoactive" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "psychoactive": psychoactive drug ♦ psychoactive substance. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
psychoactive drug | 36 |
plant psychoactive | 14 |
psychoactive | 9 |
drug journal psychoactive | 8 |
psychoactive substance | 7 |
psychoactive vault | 6 |
psychoactive herb | 4 |
mushroom psychoactive | 3 |
cactus psychoactive | 3 |
medication psychoactive | 2 |
erowids psychoactive vault | 2 |
medication policy psychoactive | 2 |
erowid psychoactive vault | 2 |
abuse drug psychoactive use | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "psychoactive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | psykofarmakon (mood-altering drug, psychoactive drug, psychotropic drug), psykoaktive stoffer (psychoactive substances), psykoaktive egenskaber (psychoactive properties), psykoaktive bestanddele af cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychoactieve stoffen (psychoactive substances), psychoactieve eigenschappen (psychoactive properties), psychoactieve bestanddelen van cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis), psycho-actief middel (psychoactive drug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | psykoaktiivinen lääkeaine (psychoactive drug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | psychotrope (psychoactive drug, psychotropic, psychotropic drug), propriétés psychoactives (psychoactive properties), substances psychoactives (psychoactive substances), drogue psychoactive (psychoactive drug), composants psychoactifs du cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | psychoaktive Substanzen (psychoactive substances), psychoaktive Substanz (psychoactive drug), psychoaktive Eigenschaften (psychoactive properties), psychoaktive Bestandteile von Cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψυχοφάρμακο (psychoactive drug), ψυχοτρόπες ιδιότητες (psychoactive properties), ψυχοτρόπες ουσίες (psychoactive substances), ψυχοδραστικό φάρμακο (psychoactive drug), ψυχοδραστικά συστατικά της κάνναβης (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | propriet psicoattive (psychoactive properties), sostanze psicoattive (psychoactive substances), droga allucinogena (psychoactive drug), componenti psicoattive della cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ychoactivepsay propriedades psicoactivas (psychoactive properties), substâncias psicoactivas (psychoactive substances), compostos psicoactivos do cânhamo (psychoactive constituents of cannabis), compostos psicoactivos de cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) психотропный (psychotropic). (various references) propiedades psicoactivas (psychoactive properties), sustancias psicoactivas (psychoactive substances), sustancia psicoactiva (psychoactive drug), droga psicoactiva (psychoactive drug), compuestos psicoactivos de cannabis (psychoactive constituents of cannabis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Psychoactive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: psycoactive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-i-o-p-s-t-v-y" | |
-3 letters: cachepots, cityscape, copasetic, poachiest, psychotic. | |
-4 letters: achiotes, cachepot, captives, chayotes, cheviots, choicest, coactive, copycats, ecotypic, ectopias, hepatics, pastiche, peccavis, picachos, pistache, postiche, potiches, scyphate, spiccato, yeshivot. | |
-5 letters: accepts, achiest, achiote, actives, aitches, aphetic, aphotic, ascetic, aseptic, atopies, avocets, cachets, capotes, captive, catches, chaotic, chayote, cheapos, cheviot, chicest, choices, coaches, copycat, copyist, costive, cotypes. | |
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