as in addicts
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row
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Recent Examples of druggies
Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggies
Noun
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Now, their comments and DMs are flooded with messages from other wheelchair users or recovering addicts who found meaning in their story.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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When the drug haze occasionally lifts, Susie follows the bizarre serial killings of homeless opioid addicts in Los Angeles and fights with her father, attorney for Dick Sickler, whose pharmaceutical firm is largely responsible for the nation’s drug epidemic.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For all those reasons and more, Reddit users are furious with the change, griping about the move in a barrage of angry posts.—
Jon Christian,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
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About 270 providers who the platform’s users can reach out to are located within Orland Park, and more than 15,000 are in broader Cook County.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Druggies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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