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smoker

smoker

178 1.3
A person who regularly uses tobacco, for example cigarettes
  • noun
  • /ˈsmoʊkər/
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  • My father was a big smoker who enjoyed a cigarette with his morning coffee.
  • current smokers
  • smokers and nonsmokers
  • daily smokers

And that's true because smokers are choosing freely to smoke.

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Examples

  • Seven out of 10 adult smokers say they would like to give up if they could.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Quitting smoking is difficult, yet most smokers say they would like to quit.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Are you a smoker, doc?

  • My father was a big smoker.

  • Now, Fisher was a very keen smoker, as many people were at this time.

  • Information regarding living with a smoker was collected in the two most recent surveys.

    Academic text (2012)
  • If you live with smokers, ask them to leave.

  • After all, smokers knew the risk all along.

  • Sir, I notice that you're a smoker.

  • The wrinkles around her mouth suggest that Ms. Tolin was a smoker.

Synonyms

chain-smoker
vssmoker
3 3.5

A person who lights many cigarettes one after another

is a habitual user without constant back-to-back consumption
cigarette smoker
vssmoker
2 2.3

A person who regularly lights and inhales cigarettes

is the general habitual user who inhales tobacco
cigar smoker
vssmoker
1 3.0

A person who often uses cigars to relax

is the habitual user who usually inhales rather than only puffs
pipe smoker
vssmoker
1 3.4

A person who smokes tobacco from a pipe

is the general habitual user not tied to a specific device
tobacco user
vssmoker
1 3.1

A person who smokes or chews tobacco

is specifically the habitual inhaling user of tobacco rather than all users
fumer
vssmoker
9.6

A person who smokes tobacco or other substances

is limited to habitual tobacco use, not including other substances

Antonyms

8 1.9

A person who does not smoke cigarettes

Compounds

3 3.5

A person who lights many cigarettes one after another

A person who regularly lights and inhales cigarettes

1 3.0

A person who often uses cigars to relax

1 3.4

A person who smokes tobacco from a pipe

9.9

An insulting word for a gay man or someone seen as very sexual

smoker fuel
  • Specialized
6.7

Natural material burned in a bee smoker to make smoke that calms bees

How Heavy

chain-smoker
3 3.5
smoker
178 1.3
nonsmoker
8 1.9

Surface Forms

smoker singular
smokers plural

Morphology

smoker = smoke (transparent) = smoke + er

Standard agentive formation: 'smoke' + '-er' straightforwardly yields 'person who smokes'.

Etymology

Smoker comes from the verb smoke plus the ending -er, which means 'one who'. So a smoker is literally 'one who smokes'.