stoned

adjective

ˈstōnd 

1

: drunk sense 1a

2

: being under the influence of a drug (such as marijuana) taken especially for pleasure : high

Synonyms

• blasted [slang]
• blitzed [slang]
• bombed
• high
• hopped-up
• loaded [slang]
• ripped [slang]
• spaced-out
• spaced
• strung out
• wasted [slang]
• wiped out [slang]
• zonked
• zonked-out

Examples of stoned in a Sentence

He was stoned on pot.

They got stoned at the party.

Recent Examples on the Web

The proposal came at a time when the concert industry was still shaking off images from the ‘60s and ‘70s of naked, stoned, sometimes rioting audiences taking over small towns for weekend-long music festivals. —Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025

Allen’s delivery is basically that of a stoned guy standing in a Taco Bell drive-through lane trying to decide what to order. —Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025

Bridges’ Slow Magic, due April 12 in record stores and April 11 online, is a deeply enjoyable collection that unearths the stoned camaraderie of some profoundly chill Wednesday-night hangouts. —Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025

But these pseudo-philosophical musings on the nature of free will and fate, which wouldn’t sound especially out of place in a stoned freshman’s dorm room, are at least presented with some panache, as a vengeful orphan challenges a crumbling city’s unfeeling ruler to a game of Go. —Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stoned

• atoned
• bemoaned
• condoned
• dethroned
• disowned
• enthroned
• intoned
• postponed
• boned
• cloned
• coned
• droned

Medical Definition

stoned

adjective

ˈstōnd 

: being drunk or under the influence of a drug (as marijuana) taken especially for pleasure : high