STONERS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

stoners

noun

plural of stoner

as in users

a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally a comedy about aging stoners who are still trying to get their act together

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Recent Examples of stoners Washington Square Park was lightly populated with the usual chess players and itinerant stoners. — Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Dispatches is essential to understanding a cluster of journalists who covered the war, notably the enigmatic hippies and stoners in the circle around whom photojournalists Tim Page, Dana Stone and Sean Flynn were the centre of gravity. — Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025 That’s right, the guy who wrote a movie about two stoners who can’t find their car now wants to ask you about your mother. — Phil Stark, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025 But the most important thing asked and wondered by stoners everywhere is what kind of joint was Colbert smoking during the cover shoot. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 Since The Slow Rush, Tame Impala has continued to bring its music to the masses, and the project now represents a certain flavor of in-the-know cool that attracts ravers, stoners, popheads and everyone in between. — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025 Total Wine and More, ABC Fine Wine and Liquors and Binny’s Beverage Depot already carry the stoners’ beverages. — Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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For example, users could ask ChatGPT to explain an article in plain English, summarize its main argument and supporting evidence, or answer questions about a YouTube video.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
Now, the company is trying to use its own AI systems to help weed out AI slop on the platform and to remind LinkedIn users how to post like humans.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

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At its center is a youngish man named Bob Arctor, an undercover cop who starts using drugs in order to infiltrate a house full of addicts in Southern California.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The problem with just arresting addicts is there’s nowhere to take them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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