<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Sometimes Offensive. A person who has become physically or psychologically dependent on a chemical substance: The leader of the addiction recovery center is, importantly, a self-identified former drug addict.</li><li>A person with an uncontrolled compulsion to continue engaging in an activity despite suffering negative personal or professional consequences: The funding is for treatment programs for sex addicts and pathological gamblers.</li><li>Synonyms: junkie, fanatic, adherent</li><li>A devoted fan; enthusiast; devotee: My kids are manga addicts. She’s a real baseball addict.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To cause to become physically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic: The documentary claimed that the tobacco industry used marketing techniques to addict new generations of children.</li><li>To habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: There was a lot of worry about children becoming addicted to video games. It can be hard to read a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>