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Synonyms for junky

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

valueless rubbishy dreckish draffish

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Worthless — resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality

no-good, worthless, good-for-nothing, valueless, moldy US, mouldy UK, rubbishy, dreckish, garbagey informal, draffish, priceless, scummy slang, sixpenny dated, rubbishly dated, unvaluable rare, draffy dated, mucid dated rare, toshy slang UK US, cacky vulgar slang UK

2. Trashy — full of junk

trashy, cluttered

Noun

addict, drug addict, freak, nut, junkie slang

Antonyms

valuable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.

  2. adj. 2

    Full of junk.

    We really need to clear out the junky basement.

Forms

Plural
junkies → addicts, freaks, nuts…

Example sentences

  • valueless We deemed what belongs to us valueless.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
junkyrising
valuelessfalling
rubbishysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
nut1
5 letters
freak1, moldy2, mucid, toshy, cacky
6 letters
addict2, junkie2, trashy2, mouldy2, scummy, draffy
8 letters
sixpenny, rubbishy, dreckish, garbagey, draffish
9 letters
worthless2, priceless2, cluttered2, valueless3, rubbishly
10 letters
unvaluable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moldy2 = 2 syllables).