ADDICTS Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

addicts

noun

plural of addict

as in users

a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally an inspiring story about addicts who seek help and manage to kick their habit

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as in lovers

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something science-fiction addicts who eagerly await each new installment in the series

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Recent Examples of addicts Now, their comments and DMs are flooded with messages from other wheelchair users or recovering addicts who found meaning in their story. —

Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 When the drug haze occasionally lifts, Susie follows the bizarre serial killings of homeless opioid addicts in Los Angeles and fights with her father, attorney for Dick Sickler, whose pharmaceutical firm is largely responsible for the nation’s drug epidemic. —

Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts. —

Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 Life imitating art By the time Artemis astronauts begin assembling a real foothold at the Moon’s south pole, the blueprint will feel oddly familiar, at least to those sim addicts who have been dreaming of a functional moon colony for decades now. —

Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Today’s addicts face new challenges that could turn around the recent positive gains. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Robust policing such as this to rid the streets of the scourge of these drugs, combined with coordinated efforts to get addicts into recovery and assistance post-rehab to maintain stability is a vital and valuable use of taxpayer dollars. —

Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 While novelists writing in the years of the War on Drugs were asking this question about serial killers, the general public was asking the same question about drug addicts. —

Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 Flaherty’s subjects allege that these facilities release addicts into the streets after weeks of nonexistent treatments and hand them wads of cash as a participation fee, knowing full well where that money is likely to be spent. —

Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025

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Instead of guiding every step, users can now assign broader tasks and rely on the model to navigate ambiguity and complete workflows.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Their videos — which show the everyday challenges of life in a wheelchair, often featuring Lawrence's dark humor — quickly took off, their comments and DMs flooded with messages from other wheelchair users or recovering addicts who found meaning in their story.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026