🤪 A foolish person 💊 A drug user

dopehead

1 9.9

A person who often uses illegal drugs

noun
/ˈdoʊpˌhɛd/

Offensive

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Examples

This whole situation has come about because the administrators would rather keep a dopehead customer than care about your feelings.

Blog text (25)
She is a dopehead alcoholic with no self-respect and none for her little followers.

Blog text (6)
"Frankly, Charlie, between you, me, and the woodwork, I don't give a shit if the dopeheads go out that way."

Fiction book (1990)
Formerly, from the gangways and balconies, refuse was sometimes thrown, bricks were tossed down on enemies as in the Middle Ages, drunks and dopeheads stumbled to their death, and several persons were pushed.

Fiction book (1997)
The police arrested a dopehead who was dealing drugs in the neighborhood.
After years of addiction, the dopehead finally decided to seek help for his problem.
Many families are affected by the struggles of having a dopehead in the house.

Synonyms

junkie

vsdopehead

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148 8.6

A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way

is broader slang referring to habitual use rather than clinical addiction

drug addict

vsdopehead

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113 3.0

A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs

is slang for habitual illegal drug use without clinical emphasis

user

vsdopehead

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77 7.5

A person who regularly takes illegal or addictive drugs

is slang rather than a neutral or clinical description of habitual use

drug user

vsdopehead

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35 3.7

A person who takes illegal or recreational drugs

is a slang word that specifically carries informal negative tone

stoner

vsdopehead

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30 8.2

A person who often uses marijuana

is a slang label that covers habitual illegal drug use more broadly

head

vsdopehead

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22 9.9

Slang for a person who often uses illegal drugs

is the general slang label for habitual illegal drug use without other senses

pothead

vsdopehead

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16 9.4

A person who often smokes marijuana

is the broader slang concept not limited to one kind of drug

druggie

vsdopehead

Offensive

16 9.2

A person who regularly uses illegal drugs

is a slang general label for habitual illegal drug use

dope fiend

vsdopehead

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11 9.9

A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way

is a slang term that more generally names habitual illegal drug users

crack addict

vsdopehead

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11 6.1

A person who uses crack cocaine and cannot stop

is a general slang term for habitual illegal drug use

crackhead

vsdopehead

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9 9.9

A person who uses the illegal drug crack and cannot stop

is general slang for habitual illegal drug use, not drug specific

cokehead

vsdopehead

Offensive

7 9.9

A person who regularly uses the drug cocaine

is broader, naming habitual illegal drug use not limited to one drug

substance abuser

vsdopehead

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5 5.7

A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way

is slang and less clinical, focusing on informal naming of users

cocaine addict

vsdopehead

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4 5.5

A person who keeps using cocaine even though it harms them

is broader and applies to habitual use of illegal drugs overall

junky

vsdopehead

Offensive

3 9.6

A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop

is broader slang naming habitual illegal drug users rather than formal addiction

hophead

vsdopehead

Offensive

2 9.9

A person who is addicted to illegal drugs

is more commonly used as a general informal label for users

methhead

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is addicted to the drug meth

is a general slang name for habitual illegal drug users of any drug

druggy

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.8

A person who often uses illegal substances

is a slang general label for habitual illegal drug use

pillhead

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.5

A person who takes prescription pills too often and cannot stop

is a general slang term for habitual illegal drug use across drug types

hash head

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who often smokes hash, a kind of illegal drug

is broader, naming habitual illegal drug use in general

pill head

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who often takes illegal pills to get high

is broader slang for habitual illegal drug use regardless of form

sherm-head

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who carelessly uses dangerous drugs such as PCP

is a general slang term for habitual illegal drug use without reckless focus

acid head

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who regularly takes LSD

is a broader slang label for habitual illegal drug use not drug specific

binger

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is addicted to crack and uses it in binges

is slang for habitual use, not only episodic heavy consumption

acidhead

vsdopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who regularly takes drugs like LSD that change how they think and see things

is the general slang name for habitual illegal drug use overall

opium taker

vsdopehead

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1 9.8

A person who often uses the drug opium and cannot stop

is a general slang label for habitual illegal drug use across substances

classic pothead

vsdopehead

Offensive

9.2

A person who regularly smokes marijuana and behaves like a typical marijuana smoker

is a general slang label for habitual illegal drug use without stereotypes

How Addicted

addict

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308 4.3

dopehead

Offensive

1 9.9

user

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77 7.5

Surface Forms

dopehead singular

dopeheads plural

Morphology

dopehead = dope + head (transparent) = dope + head

Formed by the clear compound dope + head meaning a person associated with or addicted to dope; meaning is directly derivable for learners who know 'dope' and the '-head' pattern.

Etymology

The word dopehead comes from dope, a word that first meant a thick 'sauce' in Dutch and later came to mean 'drugs', and head, meaning a person, so it refers to someone who habitually uses drugs.