addict#1 (n)
nut#1 (n)
freak#1 (n)
junkie#1 (n)
junky#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
examples a golf addict
a car nut
a bodybuilding freak
a news junkie
Outgoing links
Hypernym enthusiast, partisan, partizan
Derivationally related form addict → addict
Hyponym gym rat
Incoming links
Hyponym enthusiast, partisan, partizan
Hypernym gym rat
Derivationally related form addict → addict

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