| 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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