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remote removed scatterbrained spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering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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G was always a little bit of a space cadet.

From Literature

“There’s no way that Squeaky thought that up for herself,” he told The Times, describing her as a “space cadet.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Like, my mother is, like, a total space cadet,” Moon says, as the chorus croons “Valley girl” on repeat between lines.

From Los Angeles Times

“Bought a spaceship now I’m a space cadet/Big white mansion is my habitat.”

From New York Times

The Times called him a “space cadet” because of his penchant for landing in odd situations — like tumbling into the SeaWorld walrus pit as a child and getting locked inside a zoo after hours.

From Los Angeles Times

space cadet

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