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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
pronunciation: |
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dihkt
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definition 1: |
one who depends on or craves a habit-forming substance, such as a drug.
Fearing that the patient would become an addict, the doctor took him off the drug.Many of the prisoners were heroin addicts.- synonyms:
- user
- similar words:
- alcoholic, drug addict, drunk, drunkard, fiend, head, hound, junkie, slave, wino
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definition 2: |
one who is habitually or obsessively devoted to something such as a hobby or interest.
I've become a romance novel addict.- synonyms:
- fiend, hound, junkie
- similar words:
- buff, devotee, fanatic, nut, slave
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related words: |
fan, lover, maniac, narcotic, zealot |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
pronunciation: |
dIkt
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inflections: |
addicts, addicting, addicted |
definition 1: |
to cause to depend on a habit-forming substance.
Taking large doses of morphine for pain eventually addicted him to the drug.- synonyms:
- hook
- antonyms:
- wean
- similar words:
- habituate
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definition 2: |
to devote (oneself) to something habitually.
We've addicted ourselves to playing bridge.- synonyms:
- habituate, hook
- similar words:
- surrender
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