addict, n.
(addicts)
(addicts)
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
<noun.person>
addict
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
<noun.person>
addict freak junkie junky nut
sample sentences
"a golf addict""a car nut"
"a bodybuilding freak"
"a news junkie"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form