stoner

1 of 2

noun (1)

ston·​er ˈstō-nər 

plural stoners

: a person who habitually uses drugs or alcohol

stoner

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural stoners

: one that stones someone or something: such as

a

: one that pelts someone or something with stones especially with intent to kill

b

: a device for removing stones from stone fruit

a cherry stoner

Synonyms

Noun (1)

• addict
• dopehead
• doper
• druggie
• druggy
• fiend
• freak [slang]
• head
• hophead [slang]
• hype [slang]
• junkie
• junky
• user

Examples of stoner in a Sentence

Noun (1)

The movie's a comedy about a couple of stoners.

a comedy about aging stoners who are still trying to get their act together

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Humboldt students, often cast as the hippie stoners of the CSU system, are typically lower income than other CSU students. —Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024

Not only do the stoner characters themselves subvert the squeaky-clean Asian American trope, Harold, for example, threatens to get his ignorant co-workers fired for exploiting him. —Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024

The classic stoner film comedy centers on pot-smoking main characters (played by two Asian-American actors) in an adventure, seeking out sliders to satisfy a case of the munchies. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024

When: Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday Where: 120 S. Sylvania Cost: Free to attend 420 movie weekend at Rooftop Cinema Club The Rooftop Cinema Club in downtown Fort Worth is showing stoner movies all weekend for 420. —Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024

Where to watch Our Universe: Netflix Cast: Morgan Freeman 18 of 20 Pineapple Express (2008) Like the perfect hybrid of indica and sativa, Pineapple Express is what happens when a buddy comedy is rolled inside a stoner movie. —Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024

The next day, the stoner, Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo), chalks the experience up to an elaborate hoax; the rest of the world also saw the stars twinkle in code, but the celestial blinks went undetected by Earth’s most powerful telescopes. —Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024

This verse nearly counts as a breaking news alert, for country-pop’s once-proudest superstar stoner. —Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024

The years of prohibition produced all genres of stoner music from the 1960s through the 2000s. —Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

stoned

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1971, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above