speed freak

noun

Definition of speed freaknext
as in crackhead

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Recent Examples of speed freak Sure, the idea of more power always sounds better to confirmed speed freaks such as myself, but simply turning up the wick wouldn’t keep with the RBW ethos—and might throw that balance fully out of whack, in fact. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Yet in that regard, the instantaneous torque of electric propulsion could still provide enough thrust to satisfy speed freaks driving a production Sollei. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 The Ultima line was designed for speed freaks looking to enjoy quick getaways in comfort and style. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023 Reeves has long been known as a speed freak with an extensive motorcycle collection. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 July 2022 These events are categorized into easy rider, steady eddy, and speed freak, providing spaces for all kinds of cyclists, and are central to raising funds to support Fearless Flyers. — Alex Showerman, Outside Online, 1 June 2021 So why not just go by Name?) moved in with a pack of fellow speed freaks and transformed the space with tinfoil and spray paint, so that in the end every surface was silver. — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020 Jeudy is a height-weight-speed freak in the mold of a Julio Jones. — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 10 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speed freak
  1. crackhead
  2. user
  3. freak
  4. cokehead
  5. pothead
  6. addict
  7. junkie
  8. acidhead
Noun
  • Hunter Biden spent years being called a crackhead on the internet by Candace Owens.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026
  • George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of crackhead
Noun
  • Russia may also be considering allowing lower-quality gasoline onto the market to increase supplies, business daily Kommersant reported this week, a move that carries risks for users.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The city installs all these bike lanes but neglects to enforce rules and regulations on the users.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of user
Noun
  • They can also be used in the event of a freak storm that might drop hail or snow.
    — Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The concept hit critical mass in the fitness-freak nineteen-eighties, but by the late two-thousands chains such as Pinkberry and Red Mango had inspired a craze for giant tubs of the stuff buried under sugary mountains of candy toppings.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of freak
Noun
  • Biel is a pitiless cokehead who, we’re told, later marries a senator and has four kids.
    — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
  • It was rumored Pacino’s character was a cokehead, something Pacino and Mann have copped to in recent years.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
Definition of cokehead
Noun
  • The character begins as a rock music-loving pothead who isn't too interested in what's going on with his family.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • That means there are more 24-hour potheads stumbling around the United States (in California, especially) than ever before.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of pothead
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  • In the movie, set in the rolling hills of Meeks’s native central Ohio, a group of addicts get a second (or third or fourth) chance to make right in their lives.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Listen to this week’s episode to learn more, including the story of how a Civil War vet and morphine addict accidentally invented the world’s most famous soda.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
Definition of addict
Noun
  • Could a dirty Thai tea cheer up former pizza junkies instead?
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026
  • Compared with protein, which lends itself to narratives of growth—more grams, more gains—fibre is a bit of a hard sell, likelier to be espoused by women in sensible shoes than by fitness junkies on Twitch.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of junkie
Noun
  • With acidheads in the streets and upheaval in the studios, 1969 was a time of profound change not just in Hollywood, but in America at large.
    — Alejandro de la Garza, Time, 26 July 2019
Definition of acidhead

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“Speed freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speed%20freak. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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