SPEED FREAKS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

speed freaks

noun

plural of speed freak

as in acidheads

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Noun

The report notes the area is known by detectives to be a high crime area with multiple stray dogs and wandering drug users.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2026
On Tuesday, social media feeds were flooded with users shocked after allegedly witnessing celebrity blogger Perez Hilton live-streaming acts of self-harm on TikTok.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of users

Noun

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
Describing themselves as a professional neighborhood watch group, former gang members and addicts are helping Venice residents clear encampments from their doorsteps.

— Laurie Perez, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of addicts

Noun

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market platform Kalshi on Wednesday launched a new hub that allows political junkies to see how traders in many event contracts think the midterm elections will play out.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 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 junkies

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The 17th year of Mosswood Meltdown at Oakland’s Mosswood Park brought with it a parade of free-thinking freaks on stage and in the crowd that descended on a punker’s picnic paradise for its annual outing of 20 bands over three days last weekend.

— Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
The crowd is packed not only with devoted fans and freaks, but fellow musicians who also emerged from the punk rock underground decades earlier.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026

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