What is another word for addict?

Pronunciation: [ˈadɪkt] (IPA)

The word "addict" refers to an individual who is dependent on a particular substance or activity. There are several synonyms to describe this habit. One of the most commonly used words is "dependent," which describes a person's reliance on something or someone. "Fiend" is also a synonym and often used to describe a person who compulsively indulges in something. "Junkie" and "user" are synonyms used for individuals who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. "Enthusiast" is a lighter synonym and generally used positively for describing people who are passionate about something. "Fanatic" is another word that can be used to describe individuals obsessed with something.

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Usage examples for Addict

I will have no man addict himself to me; but if I have anything right, defend it as Truth's, not mine, save as it conduceth to a common good.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Rick found himself surveying a collection of tools for the do-it-yourself addict.
"The Wailing Octopus"
Harold Leland Goodwin
Associations being of two sorts, either between synchronous, or between successive impressions; and the influence of the law which renders associations stronger in proportion to the pleasurable or painful character of the impressions, being felt with peculiar force in the synchronous class of associations; it is remarked by the writer referred to, that in minds of strong organic sensibility synchronous associations will be likely to predominate, producing a tendency to conceive things in pictures and in the concrete, richly clothed in attributes and circumstances, a mental habit which is commonly called Imagination, and is one of the peculiarities of the painter and the poet; while persons of more moderate susceptibility to pleasure and pain will have a tendency to associate facts chiefly in the order of their succession, and such persons, if they possess mental superiority, will addict themselves to history or science rather than to creative art.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill

Famous quotes with Addict

  • Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'
    Ellen Burstyn
  • It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.
    Shirley Chisholm
  • Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.
    Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Ryan took him out of Betty Ford after Redmond wanted to leave because he met a girl there. The girl was a heroin addict. She was the one who introduced him to the stuff.
    Farrah Fawcett
  • I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.
    Ralph Fiennes

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