| English Dictionary |
DRUG ADDICT
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does drug addict mean?
• DRUG ADDICT (noun)
The noun DRUG ADDICT has 1 sense:
1. a narcotics addict
Familiarity information: DRUG ADDICT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narcotics addict
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("drug addict" is a kind of...):
addict (someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drug addict"):
cocaine addict (a person addicted to cocaine)
binger; crack addict (someone addicted to crack cocaine)
heroin addict (someone addicted to heroin)
opium addict; opium taker (someone addicted to opium)
withdrawer (a drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"That which does not kill you, makes you stronger." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
"Every disease has a medicine except for death." (Arabic proverb)
"An understanding person needs only half a word." (Dutch proverb)