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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remote removed scatterbrained spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering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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Whatever they are paying play-by-play men who work with space cadet Bill, it ain’t enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019

I did the unthinkable and broke the space cadet code.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 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

The abrasive textures and Auto-Tuned bombast feels Kanye-esque, while the stoner croonings and space cadet ramblings evoke his Atlanta collaborators.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2015

My cousin Jason Taylor is such a space cadet.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell