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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

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

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

Near Antonyms of addict

belittler, carper, critic, detractor

Antonyms of addict

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