junkie

Noun

Meaning

a narcotics addict

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

freak nut addict junky drug addict head hound maniac fiend stoner fan lover bug follower disciple
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Antonyms

cynic enemy critic celebrity atheist antagonist
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Hypernyms

partizan partisan enthusiast addict

Hyponyms

gym rat binger withdrawer cocaine addict crack addict opium addict

Phrases with the word

be a junkie celebration junkie fitness junkie complete junkie total junkie book junkie

Examples

The fact that I was a junkie for a long time is only one slice of my own personal pie, which is made up of a lot of different slices. Anthony Kiedis

I'm a liberal arts junkie. Mary Chapin Carpenter

A junky runs on junk time. When his junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on and wait for non-junk time to start. A sick junkie has no escape from external time, no place to go. He can only wait. William S. Burroughs

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. Hunter S. Thompson

I've heard we're Christian, and that always tickles me. I've heard that I'm a junkie. I've heard that I'm a vampire. I'm a junkie vampire. That can be your pull-quote. Davey Havok

There's a fine line between sensible emotional restraint, and the withdrawal symptoms of a stimulus junkie denied her fix. Larry Niven

Close letter words and terms

junkfood junkhead junkheap junkiedom junkiehood junkieness