Definitions for addict
ˈæd ɪkt; əˈdɪktad·dict

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky(noun)

   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"

2. addict(verb)

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

3. addict, hook(verb)

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. addict(Noun)

   A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

2. addict(Noun)

   An adherent or fan (of something)

3. addict(Verb)

   To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug

4. addict(Verb)

   To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.

5. addict(Verb)

   To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

Origin: From addictus, past participle of addico, from ad- + dico

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Addict

   addicted; devoted

2. Addict(verb)

   to apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to

3. Addict(verb)

   to adapt; to make suitable; to fit

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Addict

   ad-dikt′, v.t. to give (one's self) up to (generally in a bad sense): (B.) to devote or dedicate one's self to.—adjs. Addict′, Addict′ed, given up to (with to).—ns. Addict′edness, Addic′tion. [L. addicĕre, addictum—ad, to, dicĕre, to declare.]

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1. didact

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of addict in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of addict in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of addict in a Sentence

1. Jim Ronca:

   This man is a flight risk, in addition, he is a drug addict.

2. Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford:

   I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.

3. Eric Adams:

   Most people think of an addict as you know, skid row, or homeless living on the street.

4. Derek Clarke:

   Just because they’re a drug addict doesn’t mean we’re not going to give them something for their pain.

5. Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford:

   Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine, am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors.

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