ADDICTIVE

addictive, habit-forming

(adjective) causing or characterized by addiction; “addictive drugs”; “addictive behavior”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco.

Adjective

addictive (comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive)

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

Enjoyable.

Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

Synonyms

• habit-forming

Antonyms

• nonaddictive

Noun

addictive (plural addictives)

A drug that causes an addiction.

Anything that is very habit-forming.

Source: Wiktionary



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