shopaholic

English

Alternative forms

• shopoholic

Etymology

From shop ‎ -aholic.

Noun

shopaholic (plural shopaholics)

1. One who shops excessively; a shopping addict.

   Shopaholics lose a lot of their money and possibly go broke because they've spent all of it.

Related terms

• shopaholism

Translations

one who shops very frequently

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購物狂／购物狂 (gòuwùkuáng)

• Finnish: himoshoppailija
• German: Kaufsüchtiger (de) m, Kaufsüchtige f
• Hungarian: boltkóros
• Polish: zakupoholik (pl) m
• Russian: шопого́лик (ru) m (šopogólik)

common term applied to someone suffering from oniomania

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購物狂／购物狂 (gòuwùkuáng)

• Finnish: ostosriippuvainen
• Polish: zakupoholik (pl) m
• Russian: шопого́лик (ru) m (šopogólik)

See also

• retail therapy