Meanings
plural dopamines
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.
1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 10251 more example
“The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works: no civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth. And it’s not an American problem. This is not about Russian ads. This is a global problem.”
2017 December 12, Amy B Wang, “Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with ‘dopamine-driven feedback loops’”, in The Washington PostSynonyms: DA
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From DOPA (“dihydroxyphenylalanine”) + -amine. Etymologically unrelated to dope.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دُوبَامِين
- دُوبَامِين (dūbāmīn)neurotransmitter
Basque dopamina
- dopaminaneurotransmitter
Bengali ডোপামিন
- ডোপামিন (ḍōpamin)neurotransmitter
Bulgarian допамин
- допамин (dopamin)neurotransmitter
Catalan dopamina
- dopaminaneurotransmitter
Chinese Cantonese 多巴胺
- 多巴胺neurotransmitter
Chinese Mandarin 多巴胺
- 多巴胺 (duōbā'àn)neurotransmitter
Czech dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Danish dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Dutch dopamine
- dopamineneurotransmitter
Esperanto dopamino
- dopaminoneurotransmitter
Estonian dopamiin
- dopamiinneurotransmitter
Finnish dopamiini
- dopamiinineurotransmitter
French dopamine
- dopamineneurotransmitter
German Dopamin
- Dopaminneurotransmitter
Greek ντοπαμίνη
- ντοπαμίνη (ntopamíni)neurotransmitter
Hebrew דּוֹפָּמִין
- דּוֹפָּמִין (dopamin)neurotransmitter
Hungarian dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Icelandic dópamín
- dópamínneurotransmitter
Indonesian dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Irish dopaimín
- dopaimínneurotransmitter
Italian dopamina
- dopaminaneurotransmitter
Japanese ドーパミン
- ドーパミン (dōpamin)neurotransmitter
Korean 도파민
- 도파민 (dopamin)neurotransmitter
Latvian dofamīns
- dofamīnsneurotransmitter
Lithuanian dopaminas
- dopaminasneurotransmitter
Malay dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Norwegian Bokmål dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Persian دوپامین
- دوپامینneurotransmitter
Polish dopamina
- dopaminaneurotransmitter
Portuguese dopamina
- dopaminaneurotransmitter
Punjabi ਡੋਪਾਮਾਇਨ
- ਡੋਪਾਮਾਇਨ (ḍopāmāina)neurotransmitter
Romanian dopamină
- dopaminăneurotransmitter
Russian дофами́н
- дофами́н (dofamín)neurotransmitter
Slovak dopamín
- dopamínneurotransmitter
Spanish dopamina
- dopaminaneurotransmitter
Swahili dopamini
- dopaminineurotransmitter
Swedish dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Tagalog dopamino
- dopaminoneurotransmitter
Thai โดพามีน, โดปามีน
- โดพามีน (doo-paa-miin)neurotransmitter
- โดปามีน (doo-bpaa-miin)neurotransmitter
Turkish dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Ukrainian дофамі́н
- дофамі́н (dofamín)neurotransmitter
Welsh dopamin
- dopaminneurotransmitter
Cite this entry
dopamine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dopamine
“dopamine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dopamine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dopamine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dopamine.
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