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Definitions for Addict

[1] a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
[2] to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
[3] to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games.
[4] (tr; usually passive often foll by to ) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp a narcotic drug)
[5] a person who is addicted, esp to narcotic drugs
[6] informal a person who is devoted to something a jazz addict

Words related to Addict

enthusiast, devotee, practitioner, fanatic, follower, junkie, buff, freak, nut, activity, zealot, fan, fiend, hound

Words nearby Addict

adder's-meat, adder's-mouth, adder's-tongue, adderall, adderley, addict, addicted, addiction, addictive, addie, adding

Origin of Addict

1520–30; < Latin addictus assigned, surrendered (past participle of addīcere, equivalent to ad- ad- + dic- (variant stem of dīcere to fix, determine) + -tus past participle suffix)

Other words from Addict

non·ad·dict , noun
non·ad·dict·ing , adjective

Word origin for Addict

C16: (as adj and as vb; n use C20): from Latin addictus given over, from addīcere to give one's assent to, from ad- to + dīcere to say

Synonyms for Addict

buff, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, follower, junkie, practitioner, activity, fan, fiend, freak, hound, nut, zealot, habitué, often injurious aficionado