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Synonyms for addicted

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dependent US hooked

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a biochemical addiction.

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One is addicted to that which he has allowed to gain a strong, habitual, and enduring hold upon action, inclination, or involuntary tendency, as to a habit or indulgence. Addicted may be used in a good, but more frequently a bad sense; as, addicted to study; addicted to drink.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • dependent She is still financially dependent on her parents.
  • hooked Ziri decided to get Rima hooked on extreme sports.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
addictedrising
dependentsteady
hookedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
given2
6 letters
hooked1
9 letters
dependent3, dependant

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (given2 = 2 syllables).