Thesaurus:addict

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addict

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Noun

Sense: person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

Synonyms

• addict
• abuser
• fiend
• slave    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wastoid

Antonyms

• abstainer
• mainstreamer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nonaddict

Hyponyms

Substance addicts

Drugs in general

• baghead
• dopehead
• dope fiend
• drug addict
• drug fiend
• druggie
• druggo
• druggy
• dopehead
• freak
• head    [⇒ thesaurus]
• narcomaniac
• narcotist
• nitty
• pillhead
• space cadet
• tripper
• user

Alcohol

• drunkard    [⇒ thesaurus]

Amphetamines

• motorhead (UK)
• speedfreak
• tweaker

Caffeine

• coffeehead
• coffeeholic
• tea jenny (Scotland)

Cocaine

• basehead
• cocainist
• cokehead
• crackhead
• crackpot
• crack whore (vulgar)
• snowbird
• speedballer

Cannabis

• burnout
• potaholic
• pothead
• stoner
• teahead (dated)
• weedaholic
• weedhead

Heroin

• heroinist
• junkhead
• junkie
• smackhead
• speedballer

Inhalants

• etheromaniac
• huffer
• rugby boy

LSD

• acidhead

Opium

• hophead
• morphinist
• opiumist (archaic)

Tobacco

• chain smoker
• nicotinist (dated)
• tobacconist (dated)

Non-intoxicants

• aquaholic
• chocoholic
• sodaholic
• sugarholic

Non-substance addicts

• blogoholic
• cyberaddict
• cyberjunkie
• danceaholic
• lovertine
• sex addict
• shagaholic
• shopaholic
• spendaholic
• TVaholic
• wankaholic

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:libertine
• Thesaurus:fan

Further reading

• “613. habit” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “addict” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.