addict

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

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

heroin addict → héroïnomane m/f;

drug addict → drogué(e) m/f

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addict [ˈædɪkt] n → Süchtige(r) f(m);

(enthusiast) → Anhänger(in) m(f)

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addict [ˈædɪkt] n → tossicomane m/f;

(fig) → fanatico/a;

heroin addict → eroinomane m/f;

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