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Addict

Addicted; devoted.

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Accustom 76% connected

To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enthusiast 76% connected

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Habituate 76% connected

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Partisan 76% connected

An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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User 76% connected

One who uses.

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Addiction 74% connected

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Addiction 74% connected

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Habituate 72% connected

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Use 72% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Freak 92% connected

To variegate; to checker; to streak.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hook 92% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Nut 92% connected

The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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