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addiction - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | addiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bent, craving, enslavement, fixation, hang-up*, hook, inclination, kick*, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth*, thing*, dependence, jones, monkey on back |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alcoholism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcohol abuse |
| Synonyms: | addiction, drunkenness, substance abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence, crapulence, dipsomania, methomania, problem drinking, vinosity |
| Main Entry: | fixation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substance abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dependence on illegal substance |
| Synonyms: | addiction, alcohol abuse, alcoholism, habit, alcoholic addiction, chemical abuse, dipsomania, drug abuse, drug dependence, drug habit, drug use, narcotics abuse, solvent abuse |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, characteristic, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up*, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, routine, rule, second nature*, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont, beaten path, consuetude, habitude, proprieties |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, bent, bias, constitution, convention, custom, disposition, fashion, fixation, frame of mind*, gravitation, groove, inclination, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature*, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont, assuetude, consuetude, dependence, fixed attitude, habitude, hangup, impulsion, make-up, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination to think or do in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | addiction, affection, bent*, bias, current, custom, disposition, drift, habit, impulse, leaning, liability, mind, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, set, shift, slant, susceptibility, temperament, thing*, trend, turn, type, usage, way*, weakness, inclining, mindset, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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