1. physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance: "I became addicted to alcohol very quickly"Similardependent ongiven to usinggiven to abusingin the habit of usingdependentobsessiveobsessionalinformal:hooked onjonesing on/for
▪ enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing or activity:"he's addicted to computers"Similardevoted todedicated tofond ofpartial tokeen onenthusiastic aboutenamoured ofin love withinfatuated withobsessed withfixated onfanatical aboutinformal:hooked ongone onwild aboutnuts aboutcrazy aboutdotty aboutpotty aboutOppositeindifferent
Word Originmid 16th century: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone’), from Latin addict- ‘assigned’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to’ + dicere ‘say’.
