What is another word for junkie?
Synonyms for junkie
ˈdʒʌŋ kijunkie
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Princeton's WordNet
drug addict, junkie, junkynoun
a narcotics addict
Synonyms:
freak, addict, junky, drug addict, nutaddict, nut, freak, junkie, junkynoun
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
"a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
Synonyms:
addict, bollock, testis, lusus naturae, monster, screwball, nut, junky, monstrosity, egg, fruitcake, en, testicle, ball, orchis, crank, drug addict, nut case, crackpot, ballock, freak
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bucket
a general term for a drug addict that has no control of their habit
that bucket just tried to rip me off so they could get their fix
addict
someone addicted to drugs that will do whatever they can to buy even the smallest amount for a fix
the heads are out panhandling for their fix early today.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#862 | en | |
#1887 | ball | |
#4049 | monster | |
#5154 | egg | |
#8494 | nut | |
#11745 | freak | |
#14072 | addict | |
#16647 | crank | |
#22607 | junkie | |
#33243 | fiend | |
#35179 | testis | |
#45924 | junky | |
#46895 | drugged | |
#49628 | testicle | |
#69914 | fruitcake | |
#71885 | screwball | |
#76302 | monstrosity | |
#83880 | crackpot | |
#109092 | crackhead | |
#123733 | orchis |
How to use junkie in a sentence?
For a basketball junkie like I am, I just loved it, i was actually sick that the series is over.
I'm not a deal junkie, I'm probably a rather old-fashioned corporate financier.
I got a call from Buddy Arnolds, who started the program, and he said, ‘Kurt Cobain is at this hospital, and I just visited him. He would like to meet you,’ he wasn’t aware of my music… He was aware of my being a world-class junkie. He wanted to meet the junkie that got clean.
Translations for junkie
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- حشاش, مدمنArabic
- ionquiCatalan, Valencian
- narkomanDanish
- Drogenabhängiger, Drogensüchtiger, JunkieGerman
- τοξικομανής, ναρκομανήςGreek
- drogadicto, yonquiSpanish
- narkar, narkomaanEstonian
- narkomaani, narkkari, nistiFinnish
- toxicomane, accro, droguéFrench
- junkieIrish
- narkósHungarian
- נַרקוֹמָןHebrew
- ジャンキー, 麻薬常習者, 麻薬中毒者Japanese
- 중독자, 마약중독자Korean
- ćpun, narkomanPolish
- viciado, drogadoPortuguese
- наркома́н, джа́нки, наркома́нкаRussian
- narkòmān, narkòmānka, narkićSerbo-Croatian
- pundare, narkoman, knarkareSwedish
- eroinman, keş, esrarkeşTurkish
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