SUBSTANCE ABUSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does substance abuser mean? 

• SUBSTANCE ABUSER (noun)
  The noun SUBSTANCE ABUSER has 1 sense:

1. a person who takes drugs

  Familiarity information: SUBSTANCE ABUSER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSTANCE ABUSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who takes drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

drug user; substance abuser; user

Hypernyms ("substance abuser" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

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

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)