addictive

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈdɪktɪv/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə dik′tiv)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ad•dic•tive  (ə dik′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Drugsproducing or tending to cause addiction:an addictive drug.
  2. more than normally susceptible to addiction:an addictive personality.
  • addict + -ive 1935–40
ad•dic′tive•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
addictive / əˈdɪktɪv/
  1. of, relating to, or causing addiction
'addictive' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
addict - cocaine - cold turkey - controlled substance - crack - gateway drug - hard - hard stuff - heroin - morphine - opiumism - polydrug - pop - shoot - shoot-up - soft - withdraw - withdrawal - withdrawal syndrome

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