What are some opposite words for addict?
Antonyms for addict
ˈæd ɪkt; əˈdɪktad·dict
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term addict.
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addictverb
addictverb
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
Synonyms:
fit, dedicate, consecrate, adapt, hooked, devote, habitue, aficionado, junkie, devotee, fan, adherent, enthusiast, slaveaddictverb
An adherent or fan (of something)
Synonyms:
fit, adapt, devote, consecrate, dedicate, hooked, habitue, devotee, enthusiast, adherent, fan, aficionado, junkie, slaveaddictverb
To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
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Princeton's WordNet
addict, nut, freak, junkie, junkynoun
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"
Synonyms:
bollock, testis, junkie, lusus naturae, monster, screwball, nut, junky, monstrosity, egg, fruitcake, en, testicle, ball, orchis, crank, drug addict, nut case, crackpot, ballock, freakaddictverb
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
addict, hookverb
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Synonyms:
fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, accost, snarf, swipe, hook, pluck, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, cop, rob, glom, solicit, purloin, snitch, plume, knock off, abstract
How to use addict in a sentence?
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.
This man is a flight risk, in addition, he is a drug addict.
Just because they’re a drug addict doesn’t mean we’re not going to give them something for their pain.
Most people think of an addict as you know, skid row, or homeless living on the street.
I have a whole new appreciation for the color of the sky, because when you're an addict and when you're in bondage, you see everything as black and white, as gray, i didn't see the beauty of this world, this world we're living in. Yeah, there's a lot of hurt and I understand that too, but there's a lot of beauty and there's a lot of freedom.
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