druggie

variants also druggy
as in addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row

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Recent Examples of druggie Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies! Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025 Later, another encounter with James leads both of them to the aforementioned house as the druggie is looking to get rich quick with the $50,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the kids. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025 Of the three leads, Rahim is the most unrecognizable, having gone full Jared Leto-in-Dallas Buyers Club to portray a druggie at the very end of his tether. Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025 The hidden joke of their routines — what even a lot of the long-haired druggie types in the audience didn’t quite get — is that the counterculture was over. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025 These were the cool kids and hipsters, the desperate and burned out, the visionaries and druggies. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 She was stoned and trying to alibi Reed, but Harry wrote her off as a lying druggie. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggie
Noun
  • The situation of the partner of the addict seems very underrepresented.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The youngest brother, Benjamin, a laudanum addict is the black sheep of the family and his costumes are equally dark and rugged.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • VPNs provide a layer of encryption for users, with the main benefit being additional security and data privacy.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The user purchased Bitcoin for $14,120 in two separate transactions, and the Bitcoin was sent to a digital wallet, according to court documents.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Both ex-girlfriends of Combs accepted gifts, rent payments and luxurious vacations from Combs over their years with him and at times, participated in the planning of freak-offs.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Casas rose through his development as a prospect with immense praise for his eye at the dish and showed flashes of that, though the majority of his first few big-league seasons fell victim to freak injuries.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Druggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggie. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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