1. A drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
   "The doctor prescribed narcotics for post-surgery pain management"

1. Of or relating to or designating narcotics
   "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
    
2. Inducing stupor or narcosis
   "narcotic drugs";
   - narcotizing, narcotising [Brit]
    
3. Inducing mental lethargy
   "a narcotic speech";
   - soporiferous, soporific

Derived forms: narcotics

See also: depressant, lame, lameo [informal], meh [informal], uninspiring, uninteresting

Type of: drug

Encyclopedia: Narcotic