POTHEADS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

potheads

noun

plural of pothead

as in crackheads

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Noun

Rush’s Alex Lifeson spent decades as one of rock’s most brilliantly productive stoners.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Dispatches is essential to understanding a cluster of journalists who covered the war, notably the enigmatic hippies and stoners in the circle around whom photojournalists Tim Page, Dana Stone and Sean Flynn were the centre of gravity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025

Definition of stoners

Noun

Many ex-addicts turn to religion, exchanging one inflexible code for another; John’s own post-heroin spiritual exercises were omnivorous.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Most of the dealers and suppliers who worked with Brun were addicts themselves, feeding an island ravaged by meth addiction since the 1980s.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of addicts

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Though iPhone users can dive in straight away, an Android app is still in development, the company says.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
Social media users have copied and pasted a map of the geographic distribution of lactose tolerance originally published in the scientific journal Nature into racist chat threads on the online discussion forum 4chan.

— Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of users

Noun

The team can arrange for adrenaline junkies to heli-ski on a glacier, fight to bring a king salmon ashore, kayak on remote riverbeds, and more, all with the help of expert guides.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
But although Ossoff’s aside resonated with the junkies, the majority of Americans likely had no idea who this Natalie woman was, and might never have given it another thought.

— Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

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