addicted

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/əˈdɪktɪd/

adjective

Having a biochemical addiction.

Similar
alcoholicalcohol-dependentdependentdependantdrug-addicted
Opposite
unaddicted
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Meanings

adjectiveaddicted (comparative more addicted, superlative most addicted)

comparative more addicted · superlative most addicted

  1. Having a biochemical addiction.
  2. Devoted to or obsessed with something.

    […] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it.

    1834, William Swainson, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History, page 26
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of addict

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecompulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

Similar
alcoholicalcohol-dependentdependentdependantdrug-addicted
Opposite
unaddicted
Also see
alcoholicdependantdependenthooked

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan addicte
  • addictehaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
German süchtig
  • süchtighaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Hebrew מכור
  • מכור (makhúr)having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Hungarian függő
  • függőhaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Italian dipendente
  • dipendentehaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Māori warawara, wara
  • warawarahaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
  • warahaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Persian مُعتاد, خوگِرِفتَه
  • مُعتادhaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
  • خوگِرِفتَهhaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Romanian dependent
  • dependenthaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Spanish adicto (a), viciado
  • adicto (a)having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
  • viciadohaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Turkish düşkün, bağımlı
  • düşkünhaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
  • bağımlıhaving an insatiable need for a biochemical substance
Cite this entry
APA

addicted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addicted

MLA

“addicted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addicted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “addicted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addicted.

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