addict | (noun) someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity | - |
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(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: freak, junkie, junky, nut |
addiction | (noun) (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master | - |
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(noun) an abnormally strong craving | - |
(noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation |
addition | (noun) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers | Synonyms: plus, summation |
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(noun) the act of adding one thing to another | - |
(noun) a component that is added to something to improve it | Synonyms: add-on, improver |
(noun) a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area | - |
(noun) something added to what you already have | Synonyms: accession |
(noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: gain, increase |
additive | (noun) something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine | - |
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