ADDICT
Dictionary entry overview: What does addict mean?
• ADDICT (noun)
The noun ADDICT has 2 senses:
1. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
2. someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
Familiarity information: ADDICT used as a noun is rare.
• ADDICT (verb)
The verb ADDICT has 1 sense:
1. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Familiarity information: ADDICT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADDICT (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
addict; freak; junkie; junky; nut
Context examples:
a golf addict / a car nut / a bodybuilding freak / a news junkie
Hypernyms ("addict" is a kind of...):
enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "addict"):
gym rat (someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa)
Meaning:
Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("addict" is a kind of...):
drug user; substance abuser; user (a person who takes drugs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "addict"):
caffein addict; caffeine addict (someone addicted to caffeine)
drug addict; junkie; junky (a narcotics addict)
speed freak (addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines))
• ADDICT (verb)
Meaning:
To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
addict; hook
Hypernyms (to "addict" is one way to...):
accustom; habituate (make psychologically or physically used (to something))
"Addict" entails doing...:
habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
