addict B2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /ˈæd.ɪkt/ See IPA manual Freq #6344 Meanings 1 noun a person who cannot stop taking a harmful drug The clinic helps drug addicts recover. 2 noun a person who likes something so much they cannot stop doing it My brother is a complete video game addict. 3 verb to make someone become dependent on something, especially a drug The drug can addict users after only a few doses. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who cannot stop... junkie 2 noun · a person who likes... enthusiastfandevotee 3 verb · to make someone become... hook More abuseradaptconsecratededicatedevotefiendfitwastoid ↔ Opposites abstainermainstreamernonaddict Word family Forms addictingaddicts Derived forms addictingaddictiveaddictlikeaddictologyaddictovigilancecinemaddictcoaddictcyberaddictnonaddictpseudoaddictreaddict Related forms addictionaddictivedictatefanlibertine Common collocations drug addict Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”) *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # addict **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈæd.ɪkt/ **Frequency rank:** 6344 ## Meanings 1. a person who cannot stop taking a harmful drug 2. a person who likes something so much they cannot stop doing it 3. to make someone become dependent on something, especially a drug ## Examples - The clinic helps drug addicts recover. - My brother is a complete video game addict. - The drug can addict users after only a few doses. ## Synonyms - abuser - adapt - consecrate - dedicate - devote - fiend - fit - wastoid ## Antonyms - abstainer - mainstreamer - nonaddict ## Derived Forms - addicting - addictive - addictlike - addictology - addictovigilance - cinemaddict - coaddict - cyberaddict - nonaddict - pseudoaddict - readdict ## Related Forms - addiction - addictive - dictate - fan - libertine ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *deyḱ- ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”) ## AI Etymology Addict is borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) plus dīcō (“say; declare”) The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process - Actions & Processes markdown