Addict - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈædɪkt|
Brit.
|ˈædɪkt|
noun
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction (syn: freak, junkie, junky, nut)
a golf addict
- someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptomsverb
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) (syn: hook)
Extra examples
...an inspiring story about addicts who seek help and manage to kick their habit...
...science-fiction addicts who eagerly await each new installment in the series...
Sarah is addicted to music.
My nephew is a complete video game addict.
He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.
...at college she began consorting with drug users, eventually becoming an addict herself...
I was a drug addict for two years. I was in an almost permanent state of high.
I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day
Word forms
noun
singular: addict
plural: addicts
singular: addict
plural: addicts
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