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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

downer
    n 1: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn:
         sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

downer \downer\ n.
   a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
   [Colloq.]

   Syn: sedative, depressant.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for downer:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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