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

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
That means there are more 24-hour potheads stumbling around the United States (in California, especially) than ever before.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 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

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
Taylor, a recovering addict, wasn’t drinking alcohol, the source told the gossip outlet, adding that the 47-year-old was in town to participate in a 5K to benefit local nonprofit Recovery Through Repetition at Boca Raton Innovation Campus park.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 July 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

Also in his orbit are a consortium of crooks, including his cousin Freddie, a hip junkie, and Pepper, a taciturn hoodlum who was friends with Ray’s dad, Big Mike, a legendary thief.

— Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026
During summer, adrenaline junkies can get their fix on the downhill mountain biking trails and extensive zip line course.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026

Definition of junkie

Noun

Mini War stars Wilson as Joe, a likable stoner who unexpectedly inherits a mini golf course from his late uncle.

— Peter White, Deadline, 17 July 2026
In addition to cowriting the script, Marlon Wayans was the film’s resident stoner, Shorty Meeks, who was usually hanging out with friends or, y’know, the killer.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026

Definition of stoner

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