sleeping draught
Liquid inducing slumber
A sleeping draught is a drink intended to induce sleep, typically containing sedative herbs or drugs.
The word is old-fashioned and appears mainly in historical or literary contexts: The nurse prepared a sleeping draught for the restless patient.
Modern equivalents would be sleeping pill or sedative.
- potionEnchanted liquid mixture
- sedativeDrug promoting calm
- elixirMythical healing draught
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
drift off · nightcap · opiate · vial · philter · laudanum · soporific · dreamless · sweet dreams · apothecary · narcotic · brew · dose · measuring spoon · swallow · goblet · remedy · stupor
physiological effect
sleeping draughtstimulant
Alertness-boosting drug
energy drink · smelling salts · amphetamine · upper · caffeine
sleep, sleeping, sleepy, sleepily, sleepiness, sleeper, sleepers, sleepless, sleeplessness