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addictive

/əˈdɪktɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
ad-dic-tive
IPA
/əˈdɪktɪv/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

adj

Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.

adj

Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

noun

A drug that causes an addiction.

noun

Anything that is very habit-forming.

Example Sentences

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.

Inflected Forms

more addictive (comparative) most addictive (superlative) addictives (plural)

Derived Forms

addictively addictiveness addictivity antiaddictive subaddictive unaddictive

Phrases

addictive personality

Frequently Paired Words

addict addicted addicting addiction

Synonyms

habit-forming moreish

Antonyms

nonaddictive

Rhymes With

restrictive predictive vindictive fictive constrictive conflictive magnetostrictive afflictive inflictive retrodictive interdictive

Questions

How do you pronounce addictive?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdɪktɪv/.
What does addictive mean?
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Where does addictive come from?
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.

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