Synonyms for addict
ˈæd ɪkt; əˈdɪktad·dict

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1. addictverb

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

2. 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, slave

3. addictverb

   An adherent or fan (of something)

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

4. addictverb

   To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

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

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1. 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, freak

2. addictverb

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

   Synonyms:
   freak, junkie, junky, nut

3. 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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1. • Accustom

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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. addictverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. addictverb

   Synonyms:
   habituate, accustom

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1. List of paraphrases for "addict":

   junkie, crackhead

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1. Chuck Negron:

   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.

2. Derek Clarke:

   Just because they’re a drug addict doesn’t mean we’re not going to give them something for their pain.

3. Matt Gaetz:

   They don’t want to fund the police, they want to addict the police to the federal dollar, and that comes with a more efficient way to ensure centralized decision-making.

4. Paul Coleman:

   The addict may actually see no problem in what they are doing despite injuries, being late for work or important meetings, and having relationship squabbles.

5. James Hart:

   It was a slow unveiling of my sexuality that was of course, very difficult for us, and then… I wind up as a crack cocaine addict [in 2002] after having been sober for 21 years. And Carly went through all of that with me. So the unraveling is rather dramatic.