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All addict synonyms

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noun addict

  • devotee — Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • fanatic — a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
  • follower — a person or thing that follows.
  • junkie — a drug addict, especially one addicted to heroin.
  • buff — Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
  • freak — a fleck or streak of color.
  • nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
  • activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
  • zealot — a person who shows zeal.
  • fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
  • fiend — Satan; the devil.
  • hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
  • habitue — a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.
  • aficionado — If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
  • aficionada — a female aficionado

verb addict

  • take to — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
  • habituate — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
  • disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
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