DOPEHEADS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

dopeheads

noun

plural of dopehead

as in addicts

a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally threw his roommate out when he discovered that the guy was a dopehead

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Noun

Whether fighting or fueling it, the rage makes addicts of us all.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Many ex-addicts turn to religion, exchanging one inflexible code for another; John’s own post-heroin spiritual exercises were omnivorous.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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Though iPhone users can dive in straight away, an Android app is still in development, the company says.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
Social media users have copied and pasted a map of the geographic distribution of lactose tolerance originally published in the scientific journal Nature into racist chat threads on the online discussion forum 4chan.

— Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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