SPEED FREAKS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

speed freaks

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plural of speed freak

as in acidheads

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The differing inlay materials — such as mother of pearl, malachite and onyx — have been given different mystical meanings by social media users (helping with the wearer’s career, love life, friendships or finances, for example).

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
The restrictions were lifted last week, ending a period of regulatory uncertainty that limited availability for users worldwide.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of users

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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
His job was to collect money owed to that gang, and, after kicking down the doors of dealers and addicts, he got caught and sent upstate.

— Rufus Walker, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026

Definition of addicts

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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
What has changed in recent years, however, is that prediction markets are no longer an obscure pastime enjoyed by political junkies.

— Matt Motta, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Definition of junkies

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When Aaron Paul’s Jeff attempts to make a suspicious deposit, the bank teller (a game Nina Dobrev) demands to be in on the deal, in the sort of neo-noir twist that could suggest a rich film world populated with bizarre freaks of all stripes.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026
Over the past decade, Osees have reinvented themselves as prog-metal warriors, hardcore agitators, and synth-punk freaks, investing each new permutation with the same degree of blitzkrieg aggression.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 18 June 2026

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