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junkie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun junkie has 2 senses
- junkie(n = noun.person) drug addict, junky - a narcotics addict; Array is a kind of addict
- junkie(n = noun.person) addict, freak, junky, nut - 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" is a kind of enthusiast, partisan, partizan
has particulars: cocaine addict, binger, crack addict, heroin addict, opium addict, opium taker, withdrawer
has particulars: gym rat
THESAURUS
junkie
LSD user, acidhead, addict, alcoholic, chain smoker, cocaine sniffer, cokie, cubehead, dipsomaniac, dope fiend, doper, drug abuser, drug addict, drug user, drunkard, fiend, freak, glue sniffer, habitual, head, heavy smoker, hophead, hype, marijuana smoker, methhead, narcotics addict, pillhead, pothead, snowbird, speed freak, tripper, user
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