user
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈjuːzər/
- NSFW
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consumidor de drogas
- How many heroin users are in any way functional?
- drug users
- substance users
- alcohol users
Nor are all narcissistic substance users living with addiction.
- Nor are all narcissistic substance users living with addiction.
- An experienced heroin user can't tell one from the other.
- These Nixonian Ozempic users that are trying to cover it up.
- I mean, he's an active user of crack cocaine when he's buying that gun.
- She couldn't convince people that she was a user.
- Every single one of them was a marijuana user.
- And I make that comment because the vast majority of users, for users for any drug never become addicted.
- I've known a lot of chronic cannabis users and none of them admit to being addicted.
- Sean, I've been into thousands of dope houses, users, dealers, just just disgusting people in general.
- You know, most of the users know me through either prison or use it with them.
Examples
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Given the relatively young age of the injection drug users in our study, these figures are disturbing.
Academic text (2011) -
Furthermore, arrests for drug use disrupt the lives of drug users, their families, and their neighbors.
Academic text (2011) -
Was she known to you to be a user of heroin?
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I am a casual drug user.
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I was what they call a recreational drug user.
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Considering all this, how do the parents of adolescent drug users explain the situation?
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So most heroin users started off with prescription opioids.
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Frequent use predicted dependence severity among adult users in the United Kingdom.
Academic text (2017) -
As a drug user and a hustler, you've played roulette with other people's lives.
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Many heroin users struggle to maintain a normal life while dealing with their addiction.
Synonyms
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8.6
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way
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3.0
A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs
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3.7
A person who takes illegal or recreational drugs
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9.8
A person who often uses illegal substances
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9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
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5.7
A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way
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9.9
A person who often uses illegal drugs
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9.6
A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
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6.0
A person who works with advanced computer programs and often needs a powerful computer
- Specialized
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4.0
A screen with pictures and icons that you click to use a computer
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
User comes from the old verb uti and the common word use, both meaning 'to use'. A helpful way to remember the drug sense is that a 'drug user' is someone who regularly uses a drug, so the word keeps the idea of 'using' but often with harmful habit.