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doper

doper

4 8.1
A person who uses illegal drugs to improve sports performance
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊpər/
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  • The evidence of the Armstrong investigation suggests that many other cyclists were habitual dopers anyway.

Examples

  • Those team managers, fans, etc. who continue to vocally support dopers are as guilty as the dopers themselves.

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  • He was labeled a doper after failing a drug test during the championship.

  • Well, there was this... there was this doper I met.

  • The kid was a doper.

  • My gut told me he was a doper and now I feel that I was right.

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  • What about those dopers you picked up?

  • Oh, he should know, because he's a doper, I guess?

  • Look at all the convicted dopers around LA.

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  • Was Armstrong the best doper or the best cyclist once everyone was doping?

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  • In a perfect world, Lance Armstrong is innocent of all charges, a miracle among men, who bested dopers in the field of battle.

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Synonyms

user
vsdoper
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86 7.5

A person who regularly takes illegal or addictive drugs

focuses on unfair use of substances to improve athletic performance
drug user
vsdoper
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31 3.7

A person who takes illegal or recreational drugs

focuses on unfair use of substances to improve athletic performance
druggie
vsdoper
  • Offensive
12 9.2

A person who regularly uses illegal drugs

focuses on unfair use of substances to improve athletic performance
druggy
vsdoper
  • Offensive
7 9.8

A person who often uses illegal substances

focuses on unfair use of substances to improve athletic performance
substance abuser
vsdoper
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5 5.7

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

focuses on unfair use of substances to improve athletic performance
dopehead
vsdoper
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A person who often uses illegal drugs

focuses on unfair use of substances to improve athletic performance

Antonyms

4.1

A person who does not use a certain product, service or substance

Surface Forms

doper singular
dopers plural

Morphology

doper = dope (transparent) = dope + er

Standard agentive formation from 'dope'; meaning 'person who uses or takes performance-enhancing drugs' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Doper comes from the word dope, a simple word for a 'drug' that changes performance or behaviour. That is why a doper can mean a person who takes such drugs to unfairly improve their results.