plural stoners
: a person who habitually uses drugs or alcohol
plural stoners
: one that stones someone or something: such as
a
: one that pelts someone or something with stones especially with intent to kill
b
: a device for removing stones from stone fruit
a cherry stoner
Examples of stoner in a Sentence
Noun (1)
The movie's a comedy about a couple of stoners.
a comedy about aging stoners who are still trying to get their act together
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Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The hip-hop star’s most notable acting role was co-starring with Snoop Dogg in the 2012 stoner comedy Mac & Devin Go to High School, where Wiz played the character Devin Overstreet.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2026
Anderson enlisted him as well for Inherent Vice (2014), his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s hippie noir that earns a place in both the out-of-his-depth-detective-story and stoner-flick halls of fame.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Listening can feel like stumbling through a landscape that is both brutal and stunning, comprising raga drone and haunted violin screeches as well as beautifully woozy stoner rock and idyllic birdsong, all colliding into unexpected forms.
—David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Months earlier, the Mamas & the Papas singer had only known Harrison Ford as a stoner-carpenter with a few bit parts to his credit.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The hip-hop star’s most notable acting role was co-starring with Snoop Dogg in the 2012 stoner comedy Mac & Devin Go to High School, where Wiz played the character Devin Overstreet.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2026
Anderson enlisted him as well for Inherent Vice (2014), his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s hippie noir that earns a place in both the out-of-his-depth-detective-story and stoner-flick halls of fame.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Listening can feel like stumbling through a landscape that is both brutal and stunning, comprising raga drone and haunted violin screeches as well as beautifully woozy stoner rock and idyllic birdsong, all colliding into unexpected forms.
—David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Stoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoner. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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