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

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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

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addict

n addict [ˈӕdikt]

a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs a drug addict; a television addict. verslaafde مُدْمِن пристрастен narkoman, závislý člověk narkoman (narkotika); tv-narkoman der/die Süchtige(r) εθισμένος adicto narkomaan معتاد orja, narkomaani intoxiqué/-ée מָכוּר לְ- लत लगा हुआ ovisnik rabja vminek, (kábítószer)függő pecandu fíkill dipendente 中毒者 중독자 turintis kokią maniją/nesaikingai ką nors vartojantis žmogus kādam kaitīgam ieradumam pakļāvies cilvēks; narkomāns penagih verslaafde rusavhengig person, særlig narkoman nałogowiec viciado depen­dent (de) наркоман narkoman, -ka zasvojenec zavisnik missbrukare ผู้ที่หมกมุ่นกับสิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่งโดยเฉพาะยาเสพติด tiryaki, bağımlı kimse 有癮的人 наркоман عادی người nghiện 有瘾的人

adj adˈdicted

(often withto) dependent on (especially a drug) He is addicted to alcohol. verslaaf مُدْمِن عَلَى пристрастен závislý (na), propadlý (čemu) afhængig af süchtig εθισμένος, εξαρτημένος (από ουσίες) adicto sõltuv معتاد به riippuvainen jostakin adonné (à) מָכוּר לְ- आदी ovisan rabja vminek, vmilyen/vmitől függő kecanduan háður, ofurseldur dipendente, dedito a, dedita a 中毒した 중독된 įjunkęs nodevies (kaitīgam netikumam) ketagih verslaafd avhengig av uzależniony viciado dependent (de) пристрастившийся к závislý (od) zasvojen zavisan begiven på, slav under; missbrukare ติดยาเสพติด bağımlı, tiryaki 上癮 маючий залежність عادی ، لُتیا nghiện 上瘾

n adˈdiction [-ʃən]

verslawing إدْمَان зависимост závislost afhængighed die Sucht εθισμός adicción sõltuvus اعتیاد riippuvuus dépendance הִתְמַכּרוּת लत ovisnost szenvedélyes szeretet/ragaszkodás/odaadás (vmi iránt), függés vmitől ketergantungan fíkniávani dipendenza 中毒 중독, 상용 žalingas įprotis kaitīgs ieradums; nodošanās (netikumam) ketagihan verslaving avhengighet, misbruk nałóg habituação dependenţă пристрастие к чему-либо závislosť, sklon odvisnost zavisnost missbruk, böjelse การติดยาเสพติด bağımlılık, tiryakilik 成癮，癮 залежність від чого; згубна звичка عادت sự nghiện 成瘾，瘾