hard drug

noun

An illegal, highly addictive drug.

Opposite
soft drug
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Meanings

nounhard drug (plural hard drugs)

plural hard drugs

  1. An illegal, highly addictive drug.

    "Hey, Rain. As long as Ana's occupied... I haven't gotten a chance to ask yet, but did everything go well yesterday? Have you... you know... got the stuff yet?" "First off, Maria, you're not subtle. Like, at all. Second, you make it sound like she's doing hard drugs."

    2017 February 22, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 917 - The Stuff

    Antonyms: soft drug

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn illegal, highly addictive drug.

Opposite
soft drug

More synonyms by meaning

nouna narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction

Opposite
soft drug
Broader
narcoticcontrolled substance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish kova huume, kova huumausaine
  • kova huumeTranslations
  • kova huumausaineTranslations
French drogue dure
  • drogue dureTranslations
Polish narkotyk twardy
  • narkotyk twardyTranslations
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APA

hard drug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20drug

MLA

“hard drug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20drug. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard drug,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20drug.

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