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a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
a comedy about aging stoners who are still trying to get their act together
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Recent Examples of stoner
Dark, eerie, and paranoid (for good reason), the eight-episode season shifts back and forth from the casual grimness of an unwelcoming reality to the shocking frights of a stoner’s worst nightmare (the latter of which is shrewdly motivated by Rachel regularly smoking pot).
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2026
On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo's cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies.
—Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Saul of the Mole Men (2007) Part Land of the Lost homage, part soap opera, all gross-out stoner comedy, Craig Lewis’s Saul of the Mole Men helped usher in Adult Swim’s live-action fare.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio is back in Oscar-ready form as a stoner former revolutionary who is left by his spirited love (Teyana Taylor) and struggles to save his daughter (fabulous newcomer Chase Infiniti) from a dastardly nemesis (Sean Penn).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2026
On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo's cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies.
—Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Saul of the Mole Men (2007) Part Land of the Lost homage, part soap opera, all gross-out stoner comedy, Craig Lewis’s Saul of the Mole Men helped usher in Adult Swim’s live-action fare.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio is back in Oscar-ready form as a stoner former revolutionary who is left by his spirited love (Teyana Taylor) and struggles to save his daughter (fabulous newcomer Chase Infiniti) from a dastardly nemesis (Sean Penn).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoner
Noun
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It is alleged that certain transfers occurred in the background without notifying the user, even when their device was not in use.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Last summer, for example, internet sleuths on Google discovered private ChatGPT conversations that had been indexed on a public website without the users realizing it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The movie follows Reef Hawk (Keanu Reeves), an A-list Hollywood star and recovering addict who fears the destruction of his reputation when a mysterious extortionist threatens to release a damaging video of him.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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The decedent lived in a dilapidated house, but in a respectable neighborhood, and I was therefore deluged with credit card offers addressed to the late debtor, a long-time devoted heroin addict.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Stoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoner. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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