addict

/ˈæd.ɪkt/

addict noun: a person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

Noun

addict (plural addicts)

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
- a heroin addict
- He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
Synonyms:

junkie, slave
An adherent or fan (of something).

Synonyms:

adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue

Adjective

IPA/əˈdɪkt/

addict (comparative more addict, superlative most addict)

(archaic) Addicted.
(obsolete) Bound, tied to, obligated.

Verb

IPA/əˈdɪkt/

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)

(Ancient-Rome, transitive) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
(archaic, reflexive) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
- They addict themselves to the civil law.1644 November 3 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 25 October 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...
- Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
(obsolete, transitive) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
(obsolete, reflexive) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
(archaic, transitive) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
- That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, number 126
(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
- His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC
Synonyms:

get hooked

addict meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

addict in Hindi

person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug: शौंड śauṇḍ

addict in Tamil

மீளாவேட்கையன், பழக்க அடிமை, பழக்கவடிமை, கெட்ட பழக்கத்திற்கு அடிமை, பழக்கத்தில்தோய், வழக்கமாக்கு

addict in Urdu

addict, junkie: نشہ باز naśe-bāz

addict in Telugu

వ్యసనపరుడు

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addict in Malayalam: അടിമ, ശീലംകൊണ്ട് എന്തിയെങ്കിലും അടിമയായവൻ, മരുന്നുകഴിക്കാരൻ, പ്രയോക്താ
addict in Kannada: ಅಳುಪು aḷupu
addict in Gujarati: બંધાણી bandhāṇī
addict in Assamese: কানিয়া kania
addict in Tagalog: may-sugapa
addict in Arabic: مُدْمِن mudmin, مُدْمِنَة mudmina
addict in Malay: penagih
addict in Indonesian: pecandu, penggemar
addict in Persian: معتاد mo'tâd
addict in Vietnamese: người nghiện

Examples of addict in a sentence

Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).2006 June 25, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, “An Anti-Addiction Pill?”, in The New York Times Magazine:
A stressful environment in which there is ready access to drugs can trump a low genetic risk of addiction in these animals.2011 August 1, Richard A. Friedman, “Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?”, in The New York Times:

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Synonyms of addict

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Antonyms

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Forms of addict

Noun
plural	addicts
Adjective
comparative	more addict
superlative	most addict
Verb
third-person singular present	addicts
present participle	addicting
past participle	addicted
past	addicted

Past tense of addict: addicted

Plural of addict: addicts

Origin of addict

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

Words formed from addict

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Questions about addict

What does addict mean?: Addict means a person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
What is addict in Hindi?: Addict in Hindi is शौंड (śauṇḍ). See Addict meaning in Hindi.
How do you use addict in a sentence?: Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).
What part of speech is addict?: Addict can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce addict?: Addict is pronounced /ˈæd.ɪkt/.
What is the plural of addict?: The plural of addict is addicts.

Words near addict in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: addict (page history and authors); addict (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نشہ باز (Urdu) (page history and authors); addict (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); addict (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); બંધાણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); কানিয়া (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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