Addict

//ˈæd.ɪkt//

Synonyms for "addict" (116 found)

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Closest matches (24)

adherent drug addict junkie acidhead adapt address adjust admirer aficionado alcoholic apply aspirant aspirer bias buff bug candidate chain smoker cocaine sniffer

Noun(4 words)

junkie abuser adherent aficionado

Verb(1 words)

adapt

Strong matches (34)

cokie collector confirm consecrate coveter cubehead demon desirer devotee dipsomaniac direct dispose dope fiend doper drug abuser drug user drunkard eager beaver energumen enthusiast

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faddist fan fanatic fancier fiend

Verb(3 words)

consecrate dedicate devote

Noun(6 words)

crackpot devotee drug fiend enthusiast fan fiend

Related words (58)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

9 entries

accustom drug user enthusiast habituate partisan partizan person substance abuser user

More specific

80 entries

Alcohol Amphetamines Caffeine Cannabis Cocaine Drugs in general Heroin Inhalants LSD Non-intoxicants Opium TVaholic Tobacco acidhead aquaholic baghead

Showing 16 of 80 words.

Synonyms

6 entries

adapt adherent consecrate drug addict hooked junkie

Related terms

5 entries

addiction addictive dictate fan libertine

capable of

1 entries

need drugs

derived

15 entries

addicting addictive addictlike addictology addictovigilance cinemaddict coaddict cocaine addict cyberaddict dope addict drug addict nonaddict pseudoaddict readdict sex addict

desires

1 entries

drug

entails

1 entries

use

is a

2 entries

drug user enthusiast

manner of

1 entries

habituate

related to

14 entries

adapt addicted addiction addictive adherent dictate drug exclusion fan fit habitually harmful involve suitable

Translations

115 translations across 44 languages.

Amharic

1 entries

ሱሰኛ noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Arabic

2 entries

مُدْمِن noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
مُدْمِنَة noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Armenian

1 entries

մոլ noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Asturian

2 entries

adictu noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
drogadictu noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Bulgarian

4 entries

наркома́н noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
привъ́рженик noun (adherent or fan)
навиквам verb (to devote or dedicate oneself)
пристрастявам verb (to cause to become addicted)

Catalan

2 entries

addicte noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
addicte noun (adherent or fan)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

上癮的人 /上瘾的人 noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Czech

2 entries

fanatik noun (adherent or fan)
závislák noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Danish

1 entries

addict noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Dutch

2 entries

fan noun (adherent or fan)
verslaafde noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Esperanto

2 entries

maniulo noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
toksomaniulo noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Estonian

1 entries

sõltlane noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Finnish

4 entries

addikti noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
alkoholisti noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
entusiasti noun (adherent or fan)
fani noun (adherent or fan)

French

4 entries

accro noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
addict noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
addicte noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
dépendant noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

German

3 entries

Narkomane noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
Süchtiger noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
süchtig machen verb (to cause to become addicted)

Haryanvi

1 entries

चासड़ू noun (adherent or fan)

Hebrew

1 entries

מָכוּר noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Hungarian

2 entries

függő noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
függővé tesz verb (to cause to become addicted)

Icelandic

2 entries

aðdáandi noun (adherent or fan)
fíkill noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Indonesian

2 entries

pecandu noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
penggemar noun (adherent or fan)

Interlingua

2 entries

dependente noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
narcomano noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Irish

1 entries

andúileach noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Italian

1 entries

dipendente noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Japanese

1 entries

中毒者 noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Kannada

1 entries

ಅಳುಪು noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Korean

1 entries

중독자 noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Latin

1 entries

dēpendēns noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Macedonian

1 entries

зависник noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Malay

1 entries

penagih noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Māori

3 entries

kaiwarawara noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
kiriwara noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
wara verb (to cause to become addicted)

Persian

1 entries

معتاد noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Polish

4 entries

entuzjasta noun (adherent or fan)
fanatyk noun (adherent or fan)
maniak noun (adherent or fan)
nałogowiec noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Portuguese

4 entries

adicto noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
entusiasta noun (adherent or fan)
fanático noun (adherent or fan)
viciado noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Romanian

2 entries

dependent noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
dependentă noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Russian

4 entries

зави́симая noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
зави́симый noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
наркома́н noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
наркома́нка noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

leanmhainneach noun (adherent or fan)
tràill noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Slovene

3 entries

odvisnik noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
zasvojenec noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
zasvojiti verb (to cause to become addicted)

Spanish

4 entries

adicto noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
viciado noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
causar adicción en verb (to cause to become addicted)
viciar verb (to cause to become addicted)

Swahili

1 entries

mraibu noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Swedish

2 entries

missbrukare noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
narkoman noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Tagalog

1 entries

may-sugapa noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Turkish

4 entries

bağımlı noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
düşkün noun (adherent or fan)
müptela noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
müptela noun (adherent or fan)

Vietnamese

1 entries

người nghiện noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Yiddish

1 entries

אַדיקט noun (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You could say that Mrs. Smith is a television addict.

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I'm a TV addict.

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He is a heroin addict.

Source: tatoeba (292676)

The addict died from a drug overdose.

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