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addict
noun
verb
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- A
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- DDIC
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈæ.dɪkt
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity
noun
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
“a golf addict”
verb
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
In context
Example Sentences
a golf addict
a car nut
a bodybuilding freak
a news junkie
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