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Definition 2024

addictive

addictive

English

Adjective

addictive ‎(comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive)

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
These are addictive drugs.
Enjoyable.
Have you seen that new TV show? It's so addictive.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
He has an addictive personality.

Synonyms

habit-forming

Antonyms

nonaddictive

Related terms

Derived terms

Translations

tending to cause addiction

Arabic: مسبب للإدمان m
Catalan: addictiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使人成癮的, 使人成瘾的 ‎(shǐrén chéngyǐn de)
Czech: návykový m
Dutch: verslavend (nl)
Finnish: riippuvuutta aiheuttava, addiktiivinen, addiktoiva (fi)
French: addictif (fr)
German: süchtig machend, verführerisch (de)
Hebrew: ממכר ‎(m'makér)
Italian: dipendente (it)

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)
Polish: uzależniający m, powodujący uzależnienie
Portuguese: viciante
Romanian: dependent (ro), adictiv m
Russian: затя́гивающий (ru) ‎(zatjágivajuščij), аддикти́вный (ru) ‎(addiktívnyj)
Slovene: zasvojljiv
Spanish: enviciador, adictivo (es)
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:
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:

Noun

addictive ‎(plural addictives)

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

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

addictive

feminine singular of addictif