stoner

1 of 2

noun (1)

ston·​er ˈstō-nər 

plural stoners

: a person who habitually uses drugs or alcohol

stoner

2 of 2

noun (2)

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

Synonyms

Noun (1)

• addict
• dopehead
• doper
• druggie
• druggy
• fiend
• freak [slang]
• head
• hophead [slang]
• hype [slang]
• junkie
• junky
• user

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Will & Todd’s Radical Experience This Bill & Ted-style stoner comedy gets complicated when Harriet Tubman (Brunson) and Frederick Douglass (Kenan Thompson) want to stay in 1987 instead of going back to the 1800s. —Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are proud of the state of stoner comedy. —Angela Andaloro, People.com, 3 May 2025

Although Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong pioneered the stoner comedy genre, the cult film franchise nearly looked much different. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 May 2025

Friday was Cube’s screenwriting debut and became a cult classic and one of the most iconic stoner comedies of all time. —Kyle Eustice, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

stoned

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1971, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stoner

• donor
• kroner
• kronor
• loner
• owner
• toner
• homeowner
• landowner
• shipowner