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addiction
Overview of noun addiction
The noun addiction has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation -- (being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs))
2. addiction -- (an abnormally strong craving)
3. addiction -- ((Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun addiction
3 senses of addiction
Sense 1
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
addiction
=> craving
=> desire
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
addiction
=> award, awarding
=> grant, subsidization, subsidisation
=> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
=> distribution
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun addiction
1 of 3 senses of addiction
Sense 1
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
=> drug addiction, white plague
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun addiction
3 senses of addiction
Sense 1
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
=> physiological state, physiological condition
Sense 2
addiction
=> craving
Sense 3
addiction
=> award, awarding
Antonyms of noun addiction
Member Holonyms of noun addiction
Substance Holonyms of noun addiction
Part Holonyms of noun addiction
Member Meronyms of noun addiction
Substance Meronyms of noun addiction
Part Meronyms of noun addiction
Meronyms of noun addiction
Holonyms of noun addiction
Attributes of noun addiction
Derived Forms of noun addiction
2 of 3 senses of addiction
Sense 1
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
RELATED TO>(verb) addict#1
=> addict, hook
Sense 3
addiction
RELATED TO>(verb) addict#1
=> addict, hook
Domain of noun addiction
2 of 3 senses of addiction
Sense 1
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
TOPIC>(noun) narcotic#1
Sense 3
addiction
TOPIC>(noun) Roman law#1, Justinian code#1, civil law#2, jus civile#1
Domain Terms of noun addiction
Familiarity of noun addiction
addiction used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun addiction
3 senses of addiction
Sense 1
addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
> physiological state, physiological condition
=> wakefulness
=> bloodiness
=> incompatibility
=> acathexia
=> angiotelectasia
=> torpor, torpidity
=> agalactia, agalactosis
=> anesthesia, anaesthesia
=> anhidrosis, anhydrosis
=> arousal
=> sleep, slumber
=> sleep, sopor
=> drive
=> elastosis
=> flatulence, flatulency, gas
=> flexure, flection, flexion
=> estrus, oestrus, heat, rut
=> anestrus, anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum
=> hypercapnia, hypercarbia
=> hypocapnia, acapnia
=> asphyxia
=> oxygen debt
=> hyperthermia, hyperthermy
=> normothermia
=> hypothermia
=> muscularity
=> myasthenia
=> sterility, infertility
=> false pregnancy, pseudocyesis
=> pregnancy, gestation, maternity
=> rigor mortis
=> vitalization, vitalisation
=> good health, healthiness
=> fertility, fecundity
=> potency, potence
=> cellularity
=> addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
=> suspended animation
=> cryptobiosis
=> dilatation, distension, distention
=> emmetropia
=> sedation
=> hyperpigmentation
=> hypopigmentation
=> amyxia
=> cold sweat
=> obstruction, blockage
=> poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication
=> analgesia
=> oligospermia
Sense 2
addiction
> craving
=> appetite, appetency, appetence
=> addiction
Sense 3
addiction
> award, awarding
=> addiction
Meronyms of noun addiction
3 senses of addiction
Holonyms of noun addiction
Grep of noun addiction
addiction
alcohol addiction
caffein addiction
cocaine addiction
drug addiction
heroin addiction
nicotine addiction
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