addict

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • enPR: ăʹ.dĭkt, IPA ^(key): /ˈæ.dɪkt/

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• (verb)
  • enPR: ə-dĭktʹ, IPA ^(key): /əˈ.dɪkt/

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Noun

Singular addict

Plural addicts

1. (countable) An addict is someone who is addicted to something, most often to a harmful drug.
   • Synonyms: junkie and slave

   The addict needs more heroin in order to avoid withdrawal.

Verb

Plain form addict

Third-person singular addicts

Past tense addicted

Past participle addicted

Present participle addicting

1. If you addict someone or something, you make them become addicted to something, usually a harmful drug.
   • Synonym: hook
2. If you are addicted to something, you do it to the exclusion of everything else.

   She is addicted to the World of Warcraft.

Related words

• addictive
• addiction