Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drug_addiction

1 sense of drug addiction

Sense 1
drug addiction, white plague -- (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))
       => 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))