addict
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
a golf addict
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- addict derivation
Sense 2 verb
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Types & categories
- accustom hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
Types & categories
- drug user hypernym
- caffeine addict hyponym
- junkie hyponym
- speed freak hyponym
Related & opposite
- addict derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | addict |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | partizan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gym rat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | addiction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | addict |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | addict |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | addiction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | addictive |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | habituate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | accustom |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | addict |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | drug user |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | caffeine addict |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | junkie |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | speed freak |