Vocabulary Help: ADDICT, ADDICTIVE, ADDICTION, BE ADDICTED TO

Definitions

addict noun [C]a person who cannot stop doing or using something, especially something harmful: a drug/heroin addict a gambling addict

HUMOROUS I'm a chocolate/shopping addict.

addicted By the age of 14 he was addicted to heroin.I'm addicted to (= I very often eat/drink) chocolate/lattes. I know that if I start watching a soap opera I immediately become hopelessly addicted.

addiction noun [C or U] drug addictionhis addiction to alcohol

addictive adjective1 An addictive drug is one which you cannot stop taking once you have started: Tobacco is highly addictive.

2 describes an activity or food that you cannot stop doing or eating once you have started: The problem with video games is that they're addictive. These nuts are addictive - I can't stop eating them.

3 addictive personality a set of characteristics which mean that you very quickly become addicted to drugs, food, alcohol, etc:He's got an addictive personality.




(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)