nnoun.personsomeone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addictionSynset:freak junkie junky nut
Examples:- a golf addict
- a car nut
- a bodybuilding freak
- a news junkie
Derivationally Related Form:addict
Hypernyms:enthusiast partisan partizan
Inherited Hypernyms:addictenthusiastsupporteradvocatepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:addictenthusiastsupporteradvocatepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:gym rat
nnoun.personsomeone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptomsDerivationally Related Form:addict
Hypernyms:drug user substance abuser user
Inherited Hypernyms:addictdrug userpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:addictdrug userpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:caffein addictcaffeine addictdrug addictjunkiejunkyspeed freak
Full Hyponyms:caffeine addictcocaine addictcrack addictdrug addictheroin addictopium addictspeed freakwithdrawer
vverb.consumptionto cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)Synset:hook
Derivationally Related Form:addicthookaddictiveaddiction
Hypernyms:accustom habituate
Inherited Hypernyms:addicthabituatechange
Entailment:habituate use
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP