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addict

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of addict

1 a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally

  • an inspiring story about addicts who seek help and manage to kick their habit
Synonyms of addict

dopehead, doper, druggie (also druggy), fiend, freak [slang], head, hophead [slang], hype [slang], junkie (also junky), stoner, user
Words Related to addict

acidhead, cokehead, crackhead, pothead, speed freak

burnout
Antonyms of addict

nonaddict, nonuser

2 a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

  • science-fiction addicts who eagerly await each new installment in the series
Synonyms of addict

aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker
Words Related to addict

groupie

admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante

authority, expert

adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary

advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter

partisan (also partizan), zealot

booster, rooter, well-wisher

faddist
Near Antonyms of addict

nonadmirer

belittler, carper, critic, detractor
Antonyms of addict

nonfan

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