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junkie

noun
variants: also junky

Synonyms and Antonyms of junkie

1 a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally

  • heroin junkies wasting their lives
Synonyms of junkie

addict, dopehead, doper, druggie (also druggy), fiend, freak [slang], head, hophead [slang], hype [slang], stoner, user
Words Related to junkie

acidhead, cokehead, crackhead, pothead, speed freak

burnout
Antonyms of junkie

nonaddict, nonuser

2 a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

  • a television cartoon junkie
Synonyms of junkie

addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker
Words Related to junkie

groupie

admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante

authority, expert

adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary

advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter

partisan (also partizan), zealot

booster, rooter, well-wisher

faddist
Near Antonyms of junkie

nonadmirer

belittler, carper, critic, detractor
Antonyms of junkie

nonfan

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