addict

ad-dict · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who is addicted to a particular substance or activity.

  2. 2.

    An enthusiastic devotee of a specified activity (informal).

  3. 3.

    (Usually passive) Cause someone to become dependent on something.

Forms

plural: addicts

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    addict to — A person dependent on a substance or behavior.
  • •
    recovering addict — Someone in the process of overcoming addiction.
  • •
    self-confessed addict — Someone who openly admits to being addicted.

Related words

See also: addicted, addiction, addictive, dependent
Synonyms: dependent, devotee, junkie, user

Etymology

From Latin addictus ("assigned, devoted"), past participle of addicere ("to devote, assign"), from ad- ("to") + dicere ("to say, declare").