intoxicant

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈtɒksɪk(ə)nt/

Noun

Singular intoxicant

Plural intoxicants

1. (countable) An intoxicant affects someone temporarily with poor physical and mental control.

   Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.

Related words

• intoxicate
• intoxication
• toxicant