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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
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.
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Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
Missing entirely is anyone like Tommy Chong’s nudist stoner yak.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
The comedian of stoner comedies like Pineapple Express opens up about how the conversation around THC has shifted.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Leonardo DiCaprio has said that his performance as a stoner in One Battle After Another drew a lot of inspiration from you in Lebowski.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
Missing entirely is anyone like Tommy Chong’s nudist stoner yak.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
The comedian of stoner comedies like Pineapple Express opens up about how the conversation around THC has shifted.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Leonardo DiCaprio has said that his performance as a stoner in One Battle After Another drew a lot of inspiration from you in Lebowski.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoner
Noun
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The Space Weather Prediction Center said users of high-frequency radio signals may experience loss of contact or major disruptions from anywhere from minutes to hours.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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Last week, Google released a beta version of Genie 3, an AI program that generates video game worlds requested by users.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Charles became an opium addict.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Stoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoner. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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