junkie

(noun)

noun

1. a narcotics addict

Similar word(s): junky

Definition categories: person, addict

2. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

- a news junkie

Similar word(s): addict, freak, junky, nut

Definition categories: person, enthusiast, partisan, partizan

Sentences with junkie as a noun:

- English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.

- My uncle is a classic car junkie.