Addict

Noun

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

Verb

 * 1) To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
 * 2) To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.

Adjectives for Addict
passionate; miserable; confirmed; incurable; depraved; pitiful.

Thesaurus
LSD user; acidhead; address; adherent; adjust; admirer; aficionado; alcoholic; apply; aspirant; aspirer; bias; buff; bug; candidate; chain smoker; cocaine sniffer; cokie; collector; coveter; cubehead; demon; desirer; devotee; dipsomaniac; direct; dispose; dope fiend; doper; drug abuser; drug addict; drug user; drunkard; eager beaver; energumen; enthusiast; faddist; fan; fanatic; fancier; fiend; follower; freak; glue sniffer; great one for; groupie; habitual; habitue; hankerer; head; heavy smoker; hobbyist; hopeful; hophead; hound; hype; incline; infatuate; junkie; lover; marijuana smoker; methhead; narcotics addict; nut; pillhead; pothead; predispose; pursuer; putterer; rhapsodist; snowbird; solicitant; speed freak; sucker for; suitor; supporter; take to; tripper; user; visionary; votary; wanter; wisher; yearner; zealot

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"{dIkt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"{dIkt/}}

Etymology
From addictus:, past participle of addico:, from ad-: + dico:

Synonyms

 * junkie, slave
 * adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
 * (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
 * (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
 * (adapt): adapt, fit

Derived terms

 * addicting
 * addictive

Noun

 * Arabic: مدمن, مدمنة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 上癮的人, 上瘾的人
 * Czech: závislák, závislý adj
 * Dutch: verslaafde
 * Finnish: riippuvainen, väärinkäyttäjä, -himoinen, addikti, narkomaani, alkoholisti


 * French: intoxiqué, intoxiquée , accro
 * German: Süchtiger
 * Irish: andúileach
 * Polish: nałogowiec, uzależniony
 * Portuguese: viciado, viciada
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: drogadicto, adicto, toxicómano


 * Bulgarian: привърженик
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Polish: fanatyk, maniak , entuzjasta
 * Portuguese:, ,

Verb

 * Bulgarian: пристрастявам
 * Finnish: aiheuttaa riippuvuutta, orjuuttaa, alkoholisoida, saada koukkuun


 * Spanish: causar adicción en


 * Bulgarian: пристрастявам се, навиквам
 * Finnish: omistautua (täydellisesti), tulla riippuvaiseksi, jäädä koukkuun

Anagrams

 * didact