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Synonyms for addictive
əˈdɪk tɪv
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Princeton's WordNet
addictive, habit-forming(adj)
causing or characterized by addiction
"addictive drugs"; "addictive behavior"
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habit-formingAntonyms:
nonaddictive
Wiktionary
addictive(adjective)
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nonaddictiveaddictive(adjective)
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
These are addictive drugs.
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nonaddictiveaddictive(adjective)
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
He has an addictive personality.
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habit-formingAntonyms:
nonaddictive
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List of paraphrases for "addictive":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #11116 | dependency | |
| #16084 | addictive | |
| #112385 | vicia |
How to use addictive in a sentence?
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson:
There’s a growing heroin epidemic in New York and other parts of the country that’s taking the lives of many of our young people hooked on this deadly and highly addictive drug, we must deal with this quiet drug plague by going after those who peddle this poison in our communities.
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan:
It is very, very addictive. And it's killing people. And probably the worst part of all this in some ways is these big pharmaceutical companies like Purdue know exactly, and knew exactly, how dangerous these drugs could be. And instead of having safeguards at their corporate level, they instead put profits again over people.
No medications are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of pediatric insomnia, it would be great if there was an effective, non-harmful, non-addictive, rigorously tested sleep medication for children, however currently no ideal hypnotic medication exists for children.
As smart as our students are, they dont understand the long-term ramifications of vaping and the amount of addictive chemicals they are dealing with. Its our role to product our students today and in the future.
The traditional understanding of consumer surplus assumes a rational consumer, and that becomes strange for a behavior that you start in adolescence or that's addictive.
Translations for addictive
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- مسبب للإدمانArabic
- addictiuCatalan, Valencian
- návykovýCzech
- verführerisch, süchtig machendGerman
- ΕθιστικήGreek
- enviciador, adictivoSpanish
- riippuvuus, aiheuttava, addiktiivinenFinnish
- addictifFrench
- ממכרHebrew
- dipendenteItalian
- 常習的, 中毒性Japanese
- verslavendDutch
- uzależniającyPolish
- viciantePortuguese
- dependentRomanian
- затягивающий, аддиктивныйRussian
- beroendeframkallande, vanebildandeSwedish
- เสพติดThai
- alışkanlık yapanTurkish
- ludivodikVolapük
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