Standard Lemma guide

addict

adj · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ə-dĭktʹ
  • /əˈdɪkt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪkt
  • ădʹĭkt
  • /ˈæd.ɪkt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 D IH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 D IH2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Addicted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Bound, tied to, obligated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a heroin addict
  • He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An adherent or fan (of something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ancient-Rome, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, reflexive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, reflexive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug user, substance abuser, user

Narrower terms: caffeine addict, caffein addict, drug addict, junkie, junky, speed freak

12

noun

Meaning 12

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a golf addict
  • a car nut
  • a bodybuilding freak
  • a news junkie

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nut, freak, junkie, junky

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enthusiast, partisan, partizan

Narrower terms: gym rat

13

verb

Meaning 13

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hook

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: habituate, accustom

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ሱሰኛ (susäña) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Arabic: مُدْمِن (mudmin) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Arabic: مُدْمِنَة (mudmina) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Armenian: մոլ (mol) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Asturian: adictu — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Asturian: drogadictu — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Bulgarian: наркома́н (narkomán) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Catalan: addicte — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上癮的人 /上瘾的人 (shàngyǐn de rén) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Czech: závislák — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Danish: addict — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Dutch: verslaafde — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Esperanto: maniulo — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Esperanto: toksomaniulo — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Estonian: sõltlane — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Finnish: riippuvainen — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Finnish: väärinkäyttäjä — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Finnish: -himoinen — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Finnish: addikti — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Finnish: narkomaani — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Finnish: alkoholisti — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: dépendant — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: dépendante — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: intoxiqué — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: intoxiquée — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: accro — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: addict — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • French: addicte — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • German: Süchtiger — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • German: Narkomane — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Hebrew: מָכוּר (makhúr) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Hindi: शौंड (śauṇḍ) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Hungarian: függő — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Icelandic: fíkill — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Indonesian: pecandu — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Interlingua: narcomano — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Interlingua: dependente — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Irish: andúileach — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Italian: dipendente — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Japanese: 中毒者 (chūdokusha) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Kannada: ಅಳುಪು (aḷupu) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Korean: 중독자 (jungdokja) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Latin: dēpendēns — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Macedonian: зависник (zavisnik) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Malay: penagih — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Māori: kiriwara — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Māori: kaiwarawara — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Persian: معتاد (mo'tâd) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Polish: nałogowiec — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Polish: uzależniony — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Portuguese: viciado — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Portuguese: adicto — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Romanian: dependent — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Romanian: dependentă — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Russian: зави́симый (zavísimyj) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Russian: зави́симая (zavísimaja) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Russian: наркома́н (narkomán) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Russian: наркома́нка (narkománka) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràill — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Slovene: zasvojenec — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Slovene: odvisnik — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Spanish: adicto — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Spanish: viciado — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Spanish: vicioso — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Spanish: enviciado — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Swahili: mraibu — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Swedish: missbrukare — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Swedish: narkoman — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Tagalog: may-sugapa — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Turkish: bağımlı — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Turkish: müptela — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Vietnamese: người nghiện — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Yiddish: אַדיקט (adikt) — person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • Bulgarian: привъ́рженик (privǎ́rženik) — adherent or fan
  • Catalan: addicte — adherent or fan
  • Czech: fanatik — adherent or fan
  • Dutch: fan — adherent or fan
  • Finnish: fani — adherent or fan
  • Finnish: kannattaja — adherent or fan
  • Finnish: entusiasti — adherent or fan
  • Haryanvi: चासड़ू (cāsṛū) — adherent or fan
  • Icelandic: aðdáandi — adherent or fan
  • Indonesian: penggemar — adherent or fan
  • Polish: fanatyk — adherent or fan
  • Polish: maniak — adherent or fan
  • Polish: entuzjasta — adherent or fan
  • Portuguese: fanático — adherent or fan
  • Portuguese: entusiasta — adherent or fan
  • Russian: приверженец (priverženec) — adherent or fan
  • Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainneach — adherent or fan
  • Turkish: müptela — adherent or fan
  • Turkish: düşkün — adherent or fan
  • Turkish: tutkun — adherent or fan
  • Bulgarian: пристрастявам (pristrastjavam) — to cause to become addicted
  • Finnish: aiheuttaa riippuvuutta — to cause to become addicted
  • Finnish: orjuuttaa — to cause to become addicted
  • Finnish: saada koukkuun — to cause to become addicted
  • Finnish: koukuttaa — to cause to become addicted
  • Finnish: addiktoida — to cause to become addicted
  • German: süchtig machen — to cause to become addicted
  • Greek: εθίζω (ethízo) — to cause to become addicted
  • Hungarian: függővé tesz — to cause to become addicted
  • Māori: wara — to cause to become addicted
  • Portuguese: viciar — to cause to become addicted
  • Russian: стать зависимым (statʹ zavisimym) — to cause to become addicted
  • Slovene: zasvojiti — to cause to become addicted
  • Spanish: causar adicción en — to cause to become addicted
  • Spanish: volver adicto — to cause to become addicted
  • Spanish: viciar — to cause to become addicted
  • Bulgarian: пристрастявам се (pristrastjavam se) — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Bulgarian: навиквам (navikvam) — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Finnish: omistautua — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Finnish: tulla riippuvaiseksi — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Finnish: jäädä koukkuun — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Finnish: addiktoitua — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Portuguese: viciar-se — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Russian: пристрастить (pristrastitʹ) — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Spanish: viciarse — to devote or dedicate oneself
  • Spanish: volverse adicto — to devote or dedicate oneself
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