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    JUNKIE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addictionplay

    Example:

    a news junkie

    Synonyms:

    addict; freak; junkie; junky; nut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("junkie" is a kind of...):

    enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "junkie"):

    gym rat (someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A narcotics addictplay

    Synonyms:

    drug addict; junkie; junky

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("junkie" is a kind of...):

    addict (someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "junkie"):

    cocaine addict (a person addicted to cocaine)

    binger; crack addict (someone addicted to crack cocaine)

    heroin addict (someone addicted to heroin)

    opium addict; opium taker (someone addicted to opium)

    withdrawer (a drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics)

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