Meanings
noundrug addiction (countable and uncountable, plural drug addictions)
plural drug addictions
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA dependency on drugs, especially which are illegal or improperly procured.
Synonyms: drug abuse, drug dependence, substance abuse, substance dependence, toxicomania
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dependency on drugs, especially which are illegal or improperly procured.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian наркома́ния
- наркома́ния (narkománija)dependency on illegal drugs
Catalan drogoaddicció, drogodependència
- drogoaddicciódependency on illegal drugs
- drogodependènciadependency on illegal drugs
- toxicomaniadependency on illegal drugs
Chinese Mandarin 藥物成癮 /药物成瘾, 吸毒成癮 /吸毒成瘾
- 藥物成癮 /药物成瘾 (yàowù chéngyǐn)dependency on illegal drugs
- 吸毒成癮 /吸毒成瘾 (xīdú chéngyǐn)dependency on illegal drugs
Czech drogová závislost, narkomanie
- drogová závislostdependency on illegal drugs
- narkomaniedependency on illegal drugs
Danish narkomani, stofmisbrug
- narkomanidependency on illegal drugs
- stofmisbrugdependency on illegal drugs
- afhængighed af narkotikadependency on illegal drugs
Estonian narkomaania, sõltuvus
- narkomaaniadependency on illegal drugs
- sõltuvusdependency on illegal drugs
Finnish huumeriippuvuus, huumeisuus
- huumeriippuvuusdependency on illegal drugs
- huumeisuusdependency on illegal drugs
French toxicomanie
- toxicomaniedependency on illegal drugs
German Drogensucht, Drogenabhängigkeit
- Drogensuchtdependency on illegal drugs
- Drogenabhängigkeitdependency on illegal drugs
Hungarian kábítószer-függőség, drogfüggőség
- kábítószer-függőségdependency on illegal drugs
- drogfüggőségdependency on illegal drugs
Irish andúil i ndrugaí
- andúil i ndrugaídependency on illegal drugs
Japanese 薬物嗜癖
- 薬物嗜癖 (yakubutsu shiheki)dependency on illegal drugs
Korean 약물 중독
- 약물 중독 (yangmul jungdok)dependency on illegal drugs
Latvian narkomānija
- narkomānijadependency on illegal drugs
Lithuanian narkomanija
- narkomanijadependency on illegal drugs
Norwegian Bokmål narkomani, narkotikaavhengighet
- narkomanidependency on illegal drugs
- narkotikaavhengighetdependency on illegal drugs
Polish narkomania
- narkomaniadependency on illegal drugs
Portuguese drogadição, toxicodependência
- drogadiçãodependency on illegal drugs
- toxicodependênciadependency on illegal drugs
Romanian toxicomanie
- toxicomaniedependency on illegal drugs
Russian наркома́ния, наркозави́симость
- наркома́ния (narkománija)dependency on illegal drugs
- наркозави́симость (narkozavísimostʹ)dependency on illegal drugs
Slovak drogová závislosť
- drogová závislosťdependency on illegal drugs
Spanish drogodependencia, drogadicción
- drogodependenciadependency on illegal drugs
- drogadiccióndependency on illegal drugs
Swahili uraibu wa dawa za kulevya
- uraibu wa dawa za kulevyadependency on illegal drugs
Ukrainian наркома́нія, наркозале́жність
- наркома́нія (narkománija)dependency on illegal drugs
- наркозале́жність (narkozaléžnistʹ)dependency on illegal drugs
Cite this entry
APA
drug addiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug%20addiction
MLA
“drug addiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug%20addiction. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drug addiction,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug%20addiction.
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