POTHEADS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

potheads

noun

plural of pothead

as in crackheads

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Noun

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

— Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 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

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

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of addicts

Noun

Eve maintains its balance without crutches or a walker, leaving users’ hands free for everyday activities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Chewing the drug produces a euphoric effect because of a psychoactive ingredient called arecoline, and millions of people are still betel users today.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of users

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As the club’s name implies, car junkies will get an opportunity to see lots of Model T’s and other antique autos from more than a century ago on display.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Adrenaline junkies should consider a trip that involves the notoriously gnarly Cherry Creek section, a nine-mile stretch of intense Class V whitewater, but the local rivers also allow for more relaxing, Class III floats.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of junkies

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