adjective
- producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- more than normally susceptible to addiction: an addictive personality.
adjective
- not of, relating to, or causing addiction
adjective
- of, relating to, or causing addiction
adj.1815, a word in chemistry and medicine; 1939 in the narcotics sense, from addict (v.) + -ive. Related: Addictively; addictiveness.