Meanings
plural chocoholics
- informalSomeone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
Chocoholics are confessing at the rate of the nuns of Loudon to demonic possession.
1983, Betty Fussell, Masters of American Cookery, University of Nebraska Press, published 2005, →ISBN, part 3, 367Synonyms: chocolatoholic, chocomaniac
comparative more chocoholic · superlative most chocoholic
- Addicted or seemingly addicted to chocolate; characteristic of a chocoholic.
2014, Suzanne Loudermilk Haughey, “What’s In a Name?” baltimoremagazine.net, 5 June, 2014, A wedge of chocolate-ganache cake with Kahlua and whipped cream will satisfy any chocoholic cravings.
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At tonight’s table, there are two couples, both here because the man had bought the session for his chocoholic partner as a present […]
2008 February 16, Jess Cartner-Morley, “The family challenge”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
Origin
- Classical Nahuatlchocolāt
- Spanishchocolate
- Englishchocolate
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- Englishchocoholic
From choco(late) + -holic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French chocoholique
- chocoholiquechocolate addict
Portuguese chocólatra
- chocólatrachocolate addict
Cite this entry
chocoholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocoholic
“chocoholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocoholic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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