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drug addict

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person with a chemical or psychological dependency on a drug, especially one which is illegal or improperly procured.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: addict, abuser, fiend, slave, wastoid

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a narcotics addict

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: junkie, junky

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: addict

Narrower terms: cocaine addict, crack addict, binger, heroin addict, opium addict, opium taker, withdrawer

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: የዕፅ ሱሰኛ (yäʿṣ́ susäña) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Arabic: مُدْمِن (mudmin) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Arabic: حَشَّاش (ḥaššāš) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Arabic: مَنْزُولِيّ (manzūliyy) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Armenian: թմրամոլ (tʻmramol) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Belarusian: наркама́н (narkamán) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Belarusian: наркама́нка (narkamánka) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Bulgarian: наркоман (narkoman) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Bulgarian: зависим (zavisim) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Catalan: drogoaddicte — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Catalan: drogoaddicta — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Catalan: drogodependent — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Catalan: toxicòman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Catalan: toxicòmana — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Catalan: ionqui — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 道友 (dou6 jau5) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白粉仔 (baak6 fan2 zai2) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸毒者 (xīdúzhě) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 癮君子 /瘾君子 (yǐnjūnzǐ) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Czech: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Czech: narkomanka — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Czech: feťák — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Czech: smažka — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Danish: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Danish: stofmisbruger — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Dutch: drugsverslaafde — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Dutch: drugverslaafde — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Esperanto: toksomaniulo — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Esperanto: toksomaniulino — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Estonian: narkar — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Estonian: narkomaan — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Faroese: misnýtari — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Faroese: rúsevnismisnýtari — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: huumeiden käyttäjä — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: narkomaani — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: huumehörhö — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: hörhö — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: narkkari — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: narkki — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: narkkis — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Finnish: nisti — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: toxicomane — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: tox — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: toxico — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: drogué — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: droguée — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: accro — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: camé — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: camée — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • French: junkie — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Galician: drogadicto — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Galician: drogadicta — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Galician: toxicómano — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Galician: toxicómana — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Drogensüchtiger — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Drogensüchtige — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Drogenabhängiger — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Drogenabhängige — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Junkie — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Drogi — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Rauschgiftsüchtiger — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Rauschgiftsüchtige — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Narkomane — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Narkomanin — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Fixer — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • German: Fixerin — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Greek: τοξικομανής (toxikomanís) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Greek: ναρκομανής (narkomanís) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hebrew: נַרְקוֹמָן (narqomán) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hebrew: נַרְקוֹמָנִים (narqománim) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hebrew: נַרְקוֹמָנִית (narqománit) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hebrew: נַרְקוֹמָנִיּוֹת (narqomániyot) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hungarian: kábítószerfüggő — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hungarian: drogfüggő — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hungarian: kábítószer-élvező — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hungarian: narkós — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Hungarian: heroinfüggő — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Icelandic: dópisti — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Irish: andúileach drugaí — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Irish: andúileach — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Italian: drogato — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Italian: drogata — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Italian: tossicodipendente — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Japanese: 麻薬常習者 (mayakujōshūsha) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Japanese: 麻薬中毒者 (mayakuchūdokusha) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Japanese: ジャンキー (jankī) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Kazakh: бәңгі (bäñgı) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Korean: 마약 중독자 (mayak jungdokja) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Kyrgyz: баңги (baŋgi) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Lithuanian: narkomanas — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Lithuanian: narkomanė — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Macanese: pacfanista — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Macedonian: дрогира́ш (drogiráš) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Macedonian: дрогира́шка (drogiráška) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Macedonian: наркома́н (narkomán) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Macedonian: наркома́нка (narkománka) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Malay: penagih dadah — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: narkotiker — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stoffmisbruker — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stoffmisbrukar — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: narkotikar — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Iranian Persian: مُعْتاد (mo'tâd) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Polish: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Polish: narkomanka — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Polish: ćpun — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Polish: ćpunka — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Portuguese: drogado — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Portuguese: drogada — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Portuguese: viciado em drogas — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Portuguese: viciada em drogas — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Romanian: drogat — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Romanian: drogată — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: наркома́н (narkomán) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: наркома́нка (narkománka) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: торчо́к (torčók) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: объебо́с (obʺjebós) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: объебо́ска (obʺjebóska) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: джа́нки (džánki) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Russian: на́рик (nárik) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Serbo-Croatian: нарко̀ма̄н — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Serbo-Croatian: нарко̀ма̄нка — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Serbo-Croatian: narkòmān — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Serbo-Croatian: narkòmānka — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Serbo-Croatian: narkić — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Slovak: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Slovak: narkomanka — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Spanish: drogadicto — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Spanish: drogadicta — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Spanish: toxicómano — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Spanish: toxicómana — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Spanish: drogodependiente — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Swedish: narkoman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Swedish: pundare — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Swedish: knarkare — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Tajik: нашъаманд (naš'amand) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Turkish: keş — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Turkish: esrarkeş — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Turkish: eroinman — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Ukrainian: наркома́н (narkomán) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
  • Ukrainian: наркома́нка (narkománka) — person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs