What does substance abuse mean?

substance abuse means "excessive use of drugs".

What is another word for substance abuse?

Close synonyms include drug abuse, habit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is substance abuse a common word?

substance abuse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

substance abuse — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
excessive use of drugs
Synonymsdrug abuse habit
Broadermisuse
Narroweralcohol abuse

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What does substance abuse mean?: substance abuse means "excessive use of drugs".
What is another word for substance abuse?: Close synonyms include drug abuse, habit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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