a. | 1. | Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. |
2. | Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; | |
n. | 1. | Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic. |
2. | A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism. |
Noun | 1. | hypnotic - a drug that induces sleep Synonyms: soporific |
Adj. | 1. | hypnotic - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" |