addict

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: nutfreakjunkiejunkyhook

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction“a golf addict”“a car nut”“a bodybuilding freak”“a news junkie”Synonyms: nutfreakjunkiejunky
  2. someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

Verb (1)

  1. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)Synonyms: hook
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Addict \Ad*dict"\, p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.]

1.To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. "They addict themselves to the civil law." --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

He is addicted to his study.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]
That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.— Adventurer.[1913 Webster]
His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. "Addicted to staying at home." --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. [1913 Webster]

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