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Definitions

space cadet

ADJECTIVE
absent-minded
Synonyms
WEAK
absent absorbed abstracted airheaded bemused careless distracted distrait dreaming dreamy engrossed faraway forgetful goofing off head in the clouds heedless inattentive inconscient lost mooning moony oblivious out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remote removed scatterbrained spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering
Antonyms
WEAK
alert attentive aware
NOUN
drug addict
Synonyms
STRONGEST
addict drug user substance abuser user
STRONG
burnout junkie
WEAK
dopehead doper drug abuser drug fiend druggie freak hophead narcotics addict

Example Sentences

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People complain that it’s empty and boring, but for someone like me who’s always been a bit of space cadet, I can be that same space cadet but this time where it counts: in space!

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2020

I did the unthinkable and broke the space cadet code.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2018

Still, Beasley provides size and scoring, and, despite having a reputation for being something of a space cadet, LeBron reportedly got along with the forward when they played together in Miami.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2018

I had always thought that turning it off and letting it flow was a bunch of hippie space cadet psychic burn-out stuff.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

My cousin Jason Taylor is such a space cadet.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.