addict (redirected from addicts)

ad·dict  (-dkt)

tr.v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts

1. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance: The thief was addicted to cocaine.

2. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively: The child was addicted to video games.

n. (dkt)

1. One who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity.

2. A devoted adherent; a fan: "We are all . . . addicts of change" Christopher Lasch.

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[Latin addcere, addict-, to sentence : ad-, ad- + dcere, to adjudge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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addict

Noun

1. a person who is unable to stop taking narcotic drugs

2. Informal a person who is devoted to something: he's a telly addict [Latin addictus given over]

addictive adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	addict - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" freak, junkie, junky, nut enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa
	2.	addict - someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms caffein addict, caffeine addict - someone addicted to caffeine drug addict, junkie, junky - a narcotics addict drug user, substance abuser, user - a person who takes drugs speed freak - addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines)
Verb	1.	addict - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) hook accustom, habituate - make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

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addict

noun 1. junkie, (informal) abuser, user (informal) druggie (informal) freak (informal) fiend (informal) mainliner (slang) smackhead (slang) space cadet (slang) pill-popper (informal) head (slang) pothead (slang) dope-fiend (slang) cokehead (slang) acidhead (slang) hashhead (slang)

noun 2. fan, lover, nut (slang) follower, enthusiast, freak (informal) admirer, buff (informal) junkie (informal) devotee, fiend (informal) adherent, rooter U.S. zealot, groupie (slang) aficionado >> suffix -holic

Translations

addict [ˈædɪkt] n (to drugs etc) → adicto/a (= enthusiast); aficionado/a, entusiasta m/f;

heroin addict → heroinómano/a

addict [ˈædɪkt] n → toxicomane m/f (fig); fanatique m/f;

heroin addict → héroïnomane m/f;

drug addict → drogué(e) m/f

addict [ˈædɪkt] n → Süchtige(r) f(m);

(enthusiast) → Anhänger(in) m(f)

addict [ˈædɪkt] n → tossicomane m/f;

(fig) → fanatico/a;

heroin addict → eroinomane m/f;

drug addict → tossicodipendente m/f; tossicomane m/f

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addict

n addict [ˈӕdikt]

a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs a drug addict; a television addict.verslaafdeمُدْمِنпристрастенnarkoman, závislý člověknarkoman (narkotika); tv-narkomander/die Süchtige(r)εθισμένοςadictonarkomaanمعتادorja, narkomaaniintoxiqué/-éeמָכוּר לְ-लत लगा हुआovisnikrabja vminek, (kábítószer)függőpecandufíkilldipendente中毒者중독자turintis kokią maniją/nesaikingai ką nors vartojantis žmoguskādam kaitīgam ieradumam pakļāvies cilvēks; narkomānspenagihverslaafderusavhengig person, særlig narkomannałogowiecviciadodepen­dent (de)наркоманnarkoman, -kazasvojeneczavisnikmissbrukareผู้ที่หมกมุ่นกับสิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่งโดยเฉพาะยาเสพติดtiryaki, bağımlı kimse有癮的人наркоманعادیngười nghiện有瘾的人

adj adˈdicted

(often with to) dependent on (especially a drug) He is addicted to alcohol.verslaafمُدْمِن عَلَىпристрастенzávislý (na), propadlý (čemu)afhængig afsüchtigεθισμένος, εξαρτημένος (από ουσίες)adictosõltuvمعتاد بهriippuvainen jostakinadonné (à)מָכוּר לְ-आदीovisanrabja vminek, vmilyen/vmitől függőkecanduanháður, ofurseldurdipendente, dedito a, dedita a中毒した중독된įjunkęsnodevies (kaitīgam netikumam)ketagihverslaafdavhengig avuzależnionyviciadodependent (de)пристрастившийся кzávislý (od)zasvojenzavisanbegiven på, slav under; missbrukareติดยาเสพติดbağımlı, tiryaki上癮маючий залежністьعادی ، لُتیاnghiện上瘾

n adˈdiction [-ʃən]

verslawingإدْمَانзависимостzávislostafhængigheddie Suchtεθισμόςadicciónsõltuvusاعتیادriippuvuusdépendanceהִתְמַכּרוּתलतovisnostszenvedélyes szeretet/ragaszkodás/odaadás (vmi iránt), függés vmitőlketergantunganfíkniávanidipendenza中毒중독, 상용žalingas įprotiskaitīgs ieradums; nodošanās (netikumam)ketagihanverslavingavhengighet, misbruknałóghabituaçãodependenţăпристрастие к чему-либоzávislosť, sklonodvisnostzavisnostmissbruk, böjelseการติดยาเสพติดbağımlılık, tiryakilik成癮，癮залежність від чого; згубна звичкаعادتsự nghiện成瘾，瘾