Noun: junkie júng-kee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A narcotics addict
"The rehabilitation centre offered support programs for junkies seeking recovery";
- drug addict, junky [informal], druggy [informal], hophead [N. Amer, informal], druggie [informal], narcotist
- Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
"a news junkie";
- addict, nut [informal], freak, junky [informal]
Derived forms: junkies
Type of: addict, enthusiast, partisan, partizan [rare]
Encyclopedia: Junkie