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Synonyms for addict
ˈæd ɪkt; əˈdɪktad·dict
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Wiktionary
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.
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
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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.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#862 | en | |
#1475 | abstract | |
#1746 | fan | |
#1887 | ball | |
#1931 | fit | |
#4049 | monster | |
#4158 | rob | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5154 | egg | |
#5613 | hook | |
#5874 | slave | |
#8494 | nut | |
#8969 | fleece | |
#9382 | cop | |
#10510 | adapt | |
#11745 | freak | |
#12407 | enthusiast | |
#13159 | hooked | |
#14072 | addict | |
#15567 | crochet | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#16414 | cabbage | |
#16647 | crank | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#17166 | surcharge | |
#19340 | soak | |
#20131 | devote | |
#21425 | solicit | |
#22436 | snare | |
#22607 | junkie | |
#22890 | plume | |
#26228 | dedicate | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#35179 | testis | |
#38462 | swipe | |
#45924 | junky | |
#48758 | devotee | |
#49628 | testicle | |
#50606 | aficionado | |
#56518 | adherent | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#69914 | fruitcake | |
#71885 | screwball | |
#76302 | monstrosity | |
#83880 | crackpot | |
#85954 | overcharge | |
#92642 | consecrate | |
#96993 | snarf | |
#109092 | crackhead | |
#123733 | orchis | |
#176380 | glom | |
#176519 | filch | |
#199693 | pilfer | |
#205400 | accost | |
#323789 | thieve |
How to use addict in a sentence?
I've had one addict describe it as $5 insanity, they still want to try it because it's so cheap. It gives them heightened awareness. They feel stronger and more sensitive to touch. But then the paranoia sets in.
This man is a flight risk, in addition, he is a drug addict.
I have a 47-year-old daughter, who we’re very close now… But her mother left, took her, I didn’t see her for years, i have a son, Chuckie, whose mother was an addict. I was an addict. And he ended up, of course, being an addict… He ended up in prison, which broke my heart… Now he’s clean and doing well.
Just because they’re a drug addict doesn’t mean we’re not going to give them something for their pain.
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.
Translations for addict
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- ሱሰኛAmharic
- مدمنة, مدمنArabic
- пристрастявам, привърженик, навиквам, наркоман, пристрастявам сеBulgarian
- addicteCatalan, Valencian
- závislák, fanatikCzech
- addictDanish
- Süchtiger, süchtigGerman
- toksomaniulo, maniuloEsperanto
- [[causar]] [[adicción]] [[en]], [[volver]] [[adicto]], drogadicto, toxicómano, adictoSpanish
- sõltlaneEstonian
- [[tulla]] [[riippuvaiseksi]], riippuvainen, orjuuttaa, alkoholisoida, [[jäädä]] [[koukkuun]], addikti, omistautua, alkoholisti, [[saada]] [[koukkuun]], kannattaja, -himoinen, entusiasti, fani, väärinkäyttäjä, narkomaaniFinnish
- dépendant, dépendante, intoxiquéFrench
- andúileachIrish
- tràill, leanmhainneachScottish Gaelic
- narcomano, dependenteInterlingua
- dipendenteItalian
- 中毒者Japanese
- ಅಳುಪುKannada
- 중독자Korean
- dependensLatin
- fan, verslaafdeDutch
- uzależniony, maniak, nałogowiec, fanatyk, entuzjastaPolish
- adicto, fanático, viciado, entusiasta, viciar, viciar-sePortuguese
- зависимыйRussian
- người nghiệnVietnamese
- 癮君子Chinese
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