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pillhead

pillhead

1 9.5
A person who takes prescription pills too often and cannot stop
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪlˌhɛd/
  • Offensive
translation icon : [OFFENSIVE] adicto a las pastillas
  • Your answers to these questions will determine whether or not you are a pillhead.

Examples

  • We're not sure these gurning pillheads will

    Blog text (7)
  • These drug addicts and pillheads around here, most of them will never get clean.

  • Doorman's a pillhead on parole.

  • Morning, Pillhead.

  • "... does that automatically make me one of those pillheads looking to sell my meds?"

    Blog text (25)
  • He's a pillhead.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I had a liver transplant some years back, and I was on some really heavy-duty pain meds. Does that automatically make me one of those pillheads looking to sell my meds?

    Blog text (25)
  • I remember that miserable bastard Rush "Pillhead" Limbaugh and his brain-dead Dittohead followers calling Perot a racist for opposing NAFTA.

    Blog text (9)
  • The doctor warned him that being a pillhead could ruin his health.

  • Many people struggle with addiction, but not everyone identifies as a pillhead.

Synonyms

head
vspillhead
  • Offensive
432 9.9

Slang for a person who often uses illegal drugs

means habitual misuse of prescription medications rather than this slang sexual sense
junkie
vspillhead
  • Offensive
194 8.6

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

refers more narrowly to dependence involving medically prescribed medications
drug addict
vspillhead
  • NSFW
97 3.0

A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs

centres on dependence specifically involving prescribed medications rather than illegal ones
user
vspillhead
  • NSFW
86 7.5

A person who regularly takes illegal or addictive drugs

limits this to habitual misuse of prescribed medicines rather than any substance
drug user
vspillhead
  • NSFW
31 3.7

A person who takes illegal or recreational drugs

emphasizes habitual abuse and addiction to prescribed medications rather than casual use
druggy
vspillhead
  • Offensive
7 9.8

A person who often uses illegal substances

refers more narrowly to frequent misuse of prescribed medicines
dope fiend
vspillhead
  • Offensive
7 9.9

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

is similar in insult but specific to prescription medication misuse
substance abuser
vspillhead
  • NSFW
5 5.7

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

specifies harmful use that involves prescription medications rather than all substances
dopehead
vspillhead
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A person who often uses illegal drugs

focuses instead on habitual misuse of prescribed medicines
hophead
vspillhead
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is addicted to illegal drugs

applies more specifically to habitual use of prescribed pills
pill head
vspillhead
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who often takes illegal pills to get high

focuses on addiction to prescription medications rather than specifically amphetamines
junky
vspillhead
  • Offensive
1 9.6

A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop

highlights addiction to prescribed pills rather than general narcotic use

Antonyms

4.1

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

How Addicted

addict
  • NSFW
316 4.3
pillhead
  • Offensive
1 9.5
user
  • NSFW
86 7.5

Surface Forms

pillhead singular
pillheads plural

Morphology

pillhead = pill + head (transparent) = pill + head

The meaning 'person characterized by or addicted to pills' follows directly from the productive compound pattern 'X+head' (e.g., 'pothead'), so learners knowing 'pill' and 'head' can infer the sense.

Etymology

The word pillhead comes from joining pill and head, like pothead for someone who uses a lot of pot; it gives the image of a person's head full of pills, so it means a person 'addicted' to pills.