intoxicant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
    alcoholic beverage; alcohol; alcoholic drink; inebriant.
    • alcohol (or drink) ruined him
  2. noun a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
  3. adjective satellite causing
    intoxicating.

WordNet


In*tox"i*cant noun
Definitions
  1. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.

Webster 1913