hallucinogenic

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adjective

Producing hallucinations.

“hallucinogenics are sometimes used in indigenous people's religious rites.”

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Meanings

adjectivehallucinogenic (comparative more hallucinogenic, superlative most hallucinogenic)

comparative more hallucinogenic · superlative most hallucinogenic

  1. Producing hallucinations.

    After eating some hallucinogenic mushrooms, he said he saw a lot of pretty colors.

    1 more example

    Microdosing is typically defined by experts as taking 5 percent to 10 percent of a full dose of a psychedelic, usually LSD or psilocybin, as a way to get the supposed mental health benefits of the drug without the hallucinogenic high.

    2022 February 28, Dana G. Smith, “More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2022
nounhallucinogenic (plural hallucinogenics)

plural hallucinogenics

  1. a substance that is a hallucinogen.

    hallucinogenics are sometimes used in indigenous people's religious rites.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of producing hallucinations

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishhallucination
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  4. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  5. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  6. Englishhallucinogen
  7. Englishhallucinogenic

From hallucinogen + -ic.

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Translations

Brazilian Portuguese alucinogênico
  • alucinogênicoproducing hallucinations
Catalan al·lucinogen, al·lucinogen
  • al·lucinogenproducing hallucinations
  • al·lucinogena substance that is a hallucinogen
Czech halucinogenní
  • halucinogenníproducing hallucinations
European Portuguese alucinogénico
  • alucinogénicoproducing hallucinations
Finnish hallusinogeeninen, hallusinogeeni
  • hallusinogeeninenproducing hallucinations
  • hallusinogeenia substance that is a hallucinogen
French hallucinogène, hallucinogène
  • hallucinogèneproducing hallucinations
  • hallucinogènea substance that is a hallucinogen
German halluzinogen
  • halluzinogenproducing hallucinations
Greek παραισθησιογόνος
  • παραισθησιογόνος (paraisthisiogónos)producing hallucinations
Hungarian hallucinogén, hallucinogén
  • hallucinogénproducing hallucinations
  • hallucinogéna substance that is a hallucinogen
Italian allucinogeno
  • allucinogenoproducing hallucinations
Lithuanian haliucinogeninis
  • haliucinogeninisproducing hallucinations
Polish halucynogenny, halucynogen
  • halucynogennyproducing hallucinations
  • halucynogena substance that is a hallucinogen
Portuguese alucinógeno
  • alucinógenoproducing hallucinations
Romanian halucinogen
  • halucinogenproducing hallucinations
Russian галлюциноге́нный
  • галлюциноге́нный (galljucinogénnyj)producing hallucinations
Spanish alucinógeno, alucinógeno
  • alucinógenoproducing hallucinations
  • alucinógenoa substance that is a hallucinogen
Swedish hallucinogen, hallucinogen
  • hallucinogenproducing hallucinations
  • hallucinogena substance that is a hallucinogen
Ukrainian галюциноге́нний
  • галюциноге́нний (haljucynohénnyj)producing hallucinations

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

hallucinogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hallucinogenic

MLA

“hallucinogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hallucinogenic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hallucinogenic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hallucinogenic.

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