Meanings
plural junkies · alternative junky
- derogatoryslangA narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
It's wiser to say no / God made me a junkie / But Satan told me so
2023, “Strung Out Johnny”, in Every Loser, performed by Iggy Pop1 more example
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back / Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
1982, “The Message”, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious FiveSynonyms: drug addict, addict, abuser, fiend, slave, wastoid
- broadlyslangAn enthusiast of something.
My uncle is a classic-car junkie.
1 more example
English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, addict, buff, aficionado, amateur, enthusiast, devotee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn enthusiast of something.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 愛好者 /爱好者
- 愛好者 /爱好者 (àihàozhě)enthusiast
Finnish hullu
- hulluenthusiast
French accro
- accroenthusiast
Indonesian pecandu
- pecanduenthusiast
Polish ćpun, ćpunka
- ćpunnarcotics addict
- ćpunkanarcotics addict
- fanenthusiast
- fankaenthusiast
Russian люби́тель, энтузиа́ст
- люби́тель (ljubítelʹ)enthusiast
- энтузиа́ст (entuziást)enthusiast
Spanish yonqui, yonki
- yonquinarcotics addict
- yonkinarcotics addict
- adictoenthusiast
- adictaenthusiast
- viciosoenthusiast
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with junkie
Cite this entry
junkie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junkie
“junkie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junkie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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