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remote removed scatterbrained spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering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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"It's been too long cowboy," says space cadet Buzz - again voiced by Tim Allen - in the new trailer, released late on Thursday.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

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

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

space cadet

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