junkie
1. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- a golf addict
- a car nut
- a bodybuilding freak
- a news junkie
• Syn:
addict, nut, freak, junky
• Derivationally related forms:
addict (for: addict)
• Hypernyms:
enthusiast, partisan, partizan
• Hyponyms:
gym rat
2. a narcotics addict
• Syn:
drug addict, junky
• Hypernyms:
addict
• Hyponyms:
cocaine addict, crack addict, binger, heroin addict, opium addict,
opium taker, withdrawer
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