ADDICT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance
   • abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
   
   Hypernyms(s) addict is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drug user (what does drug user mean?)
   • substance abuser (what does substance abuser mean?)
   • user (what does user mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • caffeine addict (what does caffeine addict mean?)
   • caffein addict (what does caffein addict mean?)
   • drug addict (what does drug addict mean?)
   • junkie (what does junkie mean?)
   • junky (what does junky mean?)
   • speed freak (what does speed freak mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • addict (what does addict mean?)
   • hook (what does hook mean?)
2. Meaning
   • someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
   
   Synonym(s)
   • freak (what does freak mean?)
   • junkie (what does junkie mean?)
   • junky (what does junky mean?)
   • nut (what does nut mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • a golf addict
   • a car nut
   • a news junkie
   
   Hypernyms(s) addict is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • enthusiast (what does enthusiast mean?)
   • partisan (what does partisan mean?)
   • partizan (what does partizan mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • gym rat (what does gym rat mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • addict (what does addict mean?)
   • hook (what does hook mean?)

ADDICT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
   
   Synonym(s)
   • hook (what does hook mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) addict is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • habituate (what does habituate mean?)
   • accustom (what does accustom mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • bait (what does bait mean?)
   • come-on (what does come-on mean?)
   • hook (what does hook mean?)
   • lure (what does lure mean?)
   • sweetener (what does sweetener mean?)
   • addiction (what does addiction mean?)
   • addiction (what does addiction mean?)
   • dependence (what does dependence mean?)
   • dependency (what does dependency mean?)
   • habituation (what does habituation mean?)
   • addict (what does addict mean?)
   • nut (what does nut mean?)
   • freak (what does freak mean?)
   • junkie (what does junkie mean?)
   • junky (what does junky mean?)
   • addict (what does addict mean?)
   
   Entail(s)
   • use (what does use mean?)
   • habituate (what does habituate mean?)