Synonyms for addict
ˈæd ɪkt; əˈdɪkt

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1. addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky(noun)

   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, freak

2. addict(verb)

   someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

   Synonyms:
   freak, junkie, junky, nut

3. addict, hook(verb)

   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

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1. addict(noun)

   Synonyms:
   fit, dedicate, hooked, adapt, devote, consecrate

2. addict(noun)

   To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug

   Synonyms:
   slave, enthusiast, adherent, fan, devotee, junkie, aficionado, habitue, adapt, consecrate, dedicate, fit, hooked, devote

3. addict(verb)

   To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.

   Synonyms:
   slave, junkie, aficionado, fan, adherent, enthusiast, habitue, devotee, hooked, dedicate, consecrate, devote, adapt, fit

4. addict(verb)

   To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

   Synonyms:
   devote, hooked, dedicate, consecrate, adapt, fit

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1. junkie

   someone addicted to drugs that will do whatever they can to buy even the smallest amount for a fix

   the heads are out panhandling for their fix early today.

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. addict(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   accustom (commonly in a bad sense), habituate, dedicate, devote, apply (habitually), give, give up

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1. addict(v)

   Synonyms:
   habituate, accustom

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1. List of paraphrases for "addict":

   junkie, crackhead

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1. Joanna Lipari:

   Think of how we forgive or redeem the alcoholic or the drug addict, we don't blindly believe they are 'cured,' but we allow the space for their behavior to show they're redeemed.

2. Shirley Chisholm:

   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.

3. Kirk Pasich:

   Chris, a recovering addict, had a prescription for Ativan and may have taken more Ativan than recommended dosages, the family believes that if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing, and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions.

4. Danny Bonaduce:

   Part of alcoholism is lying, when you’re an addict, you know you ca n’tbe honest with people. You say what you wantthem to hear. I ca n’t be mad at David for that, butit’s still a tragedy.

5. Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford:

   I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.

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