addict

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
2. An adherent or fan (of something)

Verb

1. To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
2. To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
3. (obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
4. (obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
5. To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
6. To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.

Synonyms

junkie

drug addict

junky

freak

hook

🪝

nut

user

drug abuser

constant user

substance abuser

alcoholic

drug fiend

condition

enthusiast

fiend

give

heavy drinker

malfeasant

pothead

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæd.ɪkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)