SPEED FREAKS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

speed freaks

noun

plural of speed freak

as in acidheads

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Noun

According to the report, Apple will ask people to share the message to help the iPhone maker protect users from future attacks.

— Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Other social media users argued that the trailer was scary enough that theaters should warn audiences about the imagery in the clip before showing the full preview.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of users

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In that opinion, Gorsuch described the ruling as a narrow one that left untouched gun bans on drug addicts or others considered too dangerous to have a firearm.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Although alcoholism is terrible and, in many places, widespread, the vast majority of people who drink are not considered to be addicts.

— Tim Brinkhof, Time, 23 July 2026

Definition of addicts

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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

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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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