Synonyms of addicts

addicts

noun

plural of addict

1

as in users

a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally

an inspiring story about addicts who seek help and manage to kick their habit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• users
• junkies
• druggies
• fiends
• freaks
• dopers
• stoners
• heads
• dopeheads
• hopheads
• hypes
• crackheads
• potheads
• burnouts
• speed freaks
• cokeheads
• acidheads

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonusers
• nonaddicts

2

as in lovers

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

science-fiction addicts who eagerly await each new installment in the series

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lovers
• fans
• suckers
• enthusiasts
• fanatics
• maniacs
• junkies
• buffs
• admirers
• devotees
• freaks
• fiends
• nuts
• aficionados
• collectors
• fanciers
• supporters
• fools
• hounds
• bugs
• authorities
• friends
• habitués
• proponents
• mavens
• experts
• connoisseurs
• heads
• amateurs
• advocates
• promoters
• followers
• adherents
• groupies
• disciples
• patrons
• exponents
• evangelists
• champions
• apostles
• votaries
• zealots
• converts
• dilettantes
• partisans
• backers
• cultists
• boosters
• hangers-on
• faddists
• rooters
• well-wishers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfans
• critics
• detractors
• carpers
• nonadmirers
• belittlers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of addicts

Remember all those fake memoirs from the early 2000s, by all those writers pretending to be addicts and gangsters and Holocaust survivors? — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

More than a boxing gym Manigan had a rough upbringing, the son of two drug addicts who was raised by his grandmother, according to a 2016 Washington Post profile. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 July 2026

Homeless encampments that serve as places for drug addicts to shoot up line several vacant and overgrown lots. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

In the movie, set in the rolling hills of Meeks’s native central Ohio, a group of addicts get a second (or third or fourth) chance to make right in their lives. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 July 2026

His job was to collect money owed to that gang, and, after kicking down the doors of dealers and addicts, he got caught and sent upstate. — Rufus Walker, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026

That the oddsmaking genie is already out of the bottle is no reason to be handing out uniforms to gambling addicts. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Gorsuch said the opinion was narrow and did not disturb other provisions of the law, which includes a ban on guns for drug addicts, ban on guns for people presently intoxicated and prohibition of firearms for those deemed a danger to themselves or others. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 June 2026

Then more people started showing up, seeking help, and Canaday had to learn what those addicts needed to recover. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026