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DRUG USER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drug user mean?
• DRUG USER (noun)
The noun DRUG USER has 1 sense:
1. a person who takes drugs
Familiarity information: DRUG USER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who takes drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
drug user; substance abuser; user
Hypernyms ("drug user" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drug user"):
addict (someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms)
head (a user of (usually soft) drugs)
tripper ((slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations)
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