1. Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
   "a golf addict"
   - nut, freak, junkie, junky 
2. Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

1. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
   - hook

Derived forms: addicting, addicted, addicts

See also: addiction, addictive

Type of: accustom, drug user, enthusiast, habituate, partisan, partizan, substance abuser, user

Encyclopedia: Addict

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