NOUN | person | junkie, drug addict, junky | a narcotics addict |
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person | junkie, addict, nut, freak, junky | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
Sounds | jhah'ngkiy | |
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Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... |
Meaning | A narcotics addict. | |
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Synonyms | drug addict, junky | |
Narrower | cocaine addict | A person addicted to cocaine |
crack addict, binger | someone addicted to crack cocaine | |
heroin addict | someone addicted to heroin | |
opium addict, opium taker | someone addicted to opium | |
withdrawer | A drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics | |
Broader | addict | someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance |
Spanish | drogadicto, drogodependiente, junky, narcómano, toxicómano, yonqui | |
Catalan | drogoaddicte, drogodependent, ionqui, toxicòman |
Meaning | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. | |
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Example | "a news junkie" | |
Synonyms | addict, nut, freak, junky | |
Narrower | gym rat | someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa |
Broader | enthusiast, partisan, partizan | An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
Spanish | adicto | |
Catalan | addicte |
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