Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb intoxicate

3 senses of intoxicate

Sense 1
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate -- (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits")
       => stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")

Sense 2
intoxicate, soak, inebriate -- (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))
       => affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate")

Sense 3
intoxicate -- (have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug)
       => poison -- (administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die")

Antonyms of adj intoxicating

2 senses of intoxicating

Sense 1
intoxicant, intoxicating -- (causing)

INDIRECT (VIA alcoholic) -> nonalcoholic -- (characterized by the absence of alcohol; "nonalcoholic beverages")

Sense 2
heady, intoxicating -- (extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic)

INDIRECT (VIA exciting) -> unexciting -- (not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life")

Similarity of adj intoxicating

2 senses of intoxicating

Sense 1
intoxicant, intoxicating -- (causing)
       => alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic) -- (characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks")

Sense 2
heady, intoxicating -- (extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic)
       => exciting (vs. unexciting) -- (creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip")