addictive

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɪktɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɪktɪv

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

addictive (comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive)

1. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

   These are addictive drugs.

2. Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.
   • 1991, Rich Pelley, "Tilt" (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 62, page 52)

     There are loads of mazes, it's all really good fun and utterly addictive […]

3. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

   He has an addictive personality.

Synonyms

• habit-forming
• moreish

Antonyms

• nonaddictive

Derived terms

• addictively
• addictiveness
• addictive personality
• addictivity
• antiaddictive
• subaddictive
• unaddictive

 

Related terms

• addict
• addicted
• addicting
• addiction

Translations

tending to cause addiction

• Arabic: إِدْمَانِيّ (ʔidmāniyy)
• Catalan: addictiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使人成癮的／使人成瘾的 (shǐrén chéngyǐn de)

• Czech: návykový m
• Dutch: verslavend (nl)
• Esperanto: dependiga
• Finnish: riippuvuutta aiheuttava, addiktiivinen, addiktoiva (fi)
• French: addictif (fr), qui rend accro, qui crée une dépendance, qui entraîne une dépendance
• German: süchtig machend, verführerisch (de)
• Hebrew: ממכר (m'makér)
• Italian: che causa dipendenza, che dà dipendenza
• Japanese: 中毒性の (ちゅうどくせいの, chūdokusei no), 常習的な (じょうしゅうてき, jōshūteki na)
• Maori: whakawara
• Polish: uzależniający m, powodujący uzależnienie
• Portuguese: viciante, viciador m, que causa dependência
• Romanian: dependent (ro), adictiv m
• Russian: затя́гивающий (ru) (zatjágivajuščij), аддикти́вный (ru) (addiktívnyj)
• Slovene: zasvojljiv
• Spanish: adictivo (es), que crea dependencia, que produce dependencia, que crea adicción, enviciador m
• Swedish: beroendeframkallande (sv), vanebildande
• Thai: เสพติด (sèp dtìt)
• Turkish: alışkanlık yapan
• Volapük: ludivodik

enjoyable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使人著迷的, 使人着迷的 (shǐrén zháomí de)

• Finnish: koukuttava
• Russian: затя́гивающий (ru) (zatjágivajuščij), захва́тывающий (ru) (zaxvátyvajuščij)
• Slovene: zasvojljiv

susceptible to addiction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 容易著迷的, 容易着迷的 (róngyì zháomí de), 容易上癮的／容易上瘾的 (róngyì shàngyǐn de)

• Finnish: riippuvuuteen taipuvainen, addiktoituva
• Russian: скло́нный к привыка́нию (sklónnyj k privykániju)

Noun

addictive (plural addictives)

1. A drug that causes an addiction.
2. Anything that is very habit-forming.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dik.tiv/

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Adjective

addictive

1. feminine singular of addictif