CRACKHEAD Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

crackhead

noun

Definition of crackhead

as in pothead

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Recent Examples of crackhead There were crackheads in the neighborhood, and, once, his landlady’s dog was injured by gunfire. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Hunter Biden spent years being called a crackhead on the internet by Candace Owens. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026 George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 The New York Post is like having the New York Times summarized for you by a crackhead. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024 Pity that crackhead tattooist wasn’t as artistic as the guy at the custom shop. — Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024 Found a dependable crackhead (an oxymoron almost always) in Vancouver, who, in exchange for free dope and low-percentage profit sharing, sold ounces for me. — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023

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Noun

Nobody in his immediate circle knows that Bret is gay, enjoying regular dalliances with class pothead Matt (Owen Painter) and pining over Ryan (Daniel Dale).

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
The character begins as a rock music-loving pothead who isn't too interested in what's going on with his family.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

Definition of pothead

Noun

But where a female-friendship show like Tuca & Bertie falls into the trap of presenting relatability at the expense of creativity, YOLO introduces a dynamic that is depraved, boozy, druggy, shaggy, and totally amoral.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
But then my druggy yet still aspirationally sober friend at the meeting ran after me.

— Brontez Purnell, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025

Definition of druggie

Noun

The problem with just arresting addicts is there’s nowhere to take them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Raised to be a Pentecostal minister, Ron Athey was speaking in tongues by the age of ten, a heroin addict by seventeen, and a performance artist by twenty-three.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of addict

Noun

Let the record show, however, that the 22-year-old power/speed freak has not slowed down.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 8 June 2026
At the end of that decade, in 1999, as the fourth-generation SL was entering its twilight years, the speed freaks at AMG decided to create a special SL hotrod.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of speed freak

Noun

Abrams delivered a standout performance as an unhoused junkie thief in the critical and commercial hit that would go on to win an Oscar (Amy Madigan as best supporting actress).

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Clark is a baseball junkie who loves to dive into all these details.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of junkie

Noun

Washington Square Park was lightly populated with the usual chess players and itinerant stoners.

— Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
The place had inscrutable stoner-eclectic décor, with pictures of Salvador Dalí on serving-tray papers and a Rastafarian lion statuette on the counter.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of stoner

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