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addict

noun as in someone dependent on a substance

noun as in devoted fan

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He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.

They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.

He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.

Because they agree that Ty Burrell looks like Jon Hamm if Jon Hamm were a crack addict?

If you are a real poet, you are hooked more deeply than any narcotics addict could possibly be on heroin.

As soon as he mentioned the fact that Ansaldo's assistant Marina was a morphine addict, Santiago interrupted him.

The streets were almost deserted, except for some prowler or desperation-driven drug addict.

Nor is he allowed to prescribe narcotics for an addict without decreasing the dosage.

The Cure was a brief hell, but it was fair payment for having had his fun, and if the addict had any guts he would face it.

And it is a very risky thing for a woman to marry an addict with the idea of reforming him.

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to addict, such as: substance abuser, drug abuser, drug user, drug addict, druggie, and junkie.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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