Associations to the word «Addict»

Wiktionary

ADDICT, noun. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
ADDICT, noun. An adherent or fan (of something)
ADDICT, verb. To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
ADDICT, verb. To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
ADDICT, verb. (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

Dictionary definition

ADDICT, noun. 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".
ADDICT, noun. Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms.
ADDICT, verb. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug).

Wise words

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