Addict

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance: The thief was addicted to cocaine.
  • v. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively: The child was addicted to video games.
  • n. One who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity.
  • n. A devoted adherent; a fan: "We are all . . . addicts of changeā€ ( Christopher Lasch).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • n. An adherent or fan (of something)
  • v. To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • v. To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
  • v. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • past-participle. Addicted; devoted.
  • v. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
  • v. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To devote or give up, as to a habit or occupation; apply habitually or sedulously, as to a practice or habit: used reflexively: as, to addict one's self to the exercise of charity; he is addicted (addicts himself) to meditation, pleasure, or intemperance.
  • To give over or surrender; devote, attach, or assign; yield up, as to the service, use, or control of: used both of persons and of things.
  • Specifically In Roman law, to deliver over formally by the sentence of a judge, as a debtor to the service of his creditor.
  • Addicted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
  • n. someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
  • n. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
  • Verb Form
    addicted    addicting    addictively    addicts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    accustom    habituate   
    Cross Reference
    apply   
    Form
    addicting    addictive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    addicted    devoted    consecrate    dedicate    devote    adapt    fit    apply    give    to   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    afflict    clicked    conflict    constrict    contradict    convict    depict    evict    handpicked    inflict   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    addiction    junkie    prostitute    smuggler    overdose    drunk    abusers    pimp    whore    pusher