VERB | consumption | addict, hook | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
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NOUN | person | addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
person | addict | someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance |
Sounds | ae'dih.kt; ahdih'kt | |
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Rhymes | afflict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... |
Meaning | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. | |
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Example | "a golf addict" | |
Synonyms | nut, freak, junkie, junky | |
Narrower | gym rat | someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa |
Broader | enthusiast, partisan, partizan | An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
Spanish | adicto | |
Catalan | addicte | |
Verbs | addict | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
Meaning | someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms. | |
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Narrower | caffeine addict, caffein addict | someone addicted to caffeine |
drug addict, junkie, junky | A narcotics addict | |
speed freak | addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) | |
Broader | drug user, substance abuser, user | A person who takes drugs |
Spanish | adicto | |
Catalan | addicte | |
Verbs | addict | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
Meaning | To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Synonym | hook | |
Entails | use, habituate | Take or consume (regularly or habitually) |
Broader | habituate, accustom | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
Spanish | causar adicción en, engancharse, enganchar, volver adicto | |
Catalan | enganxar-se | |
Adjectives | addictive | causing or characterized by addiction |
Nouns | addict | someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance |
addict | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | |
addiction | (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor) | |
addiction | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
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