shopaholic

4 5.8

A person who often buys too many things and cannot stop

noun
/ˌʃɑːpəˈhɑːlɪk/

Informal

: comprador compulsivo

I admit that I am the type of person who is a shopaholic.

An assumption is that I'm a shopaholic for sure.

Examples

I was married to a shopaholic for three years.

Blog text (7)
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a shopaholic and a saver.

Blog text (27)
My name is Joyce, and I'm a shopaholic.

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Uh, I'm a shopaholic.

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
I'm Rebecca Bloomwood and I'm a shopaholic.

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Rose is a true shopaholic, always finding excuses to buy new clothes and accessories.
After noticing her increasing credit card bills, she admitted that she was a shopaholic.
To help manage her spending, she's attending meetings for shopaholics in her community.

Synonyms

big spender

vsshopaholic

15 4.2

A person who buys many expensive things to show off

spends driven by an uncontrollable urge to buy rather than to display

spendthrift

vsshopaholic

5 8.5

A person who spends money in a careless, wasteful way

spends because of an addictive urge and cannot easily stop buying

spend-all

vsshopaholic

Informal

9.4

A person who often buys things they do not need and runs out of money

spends because of an addictive urge rather than simply wasting money

Antonyms

frugality

8 5.8

Careful use of money and things to avoid waste

How Compulsive

shopaholic

Informal

4 5.8

shopper

156 1.0

Surface Forms

shopaholic singular

shopaholics plural

Morphology

shopaholic = shop (semi-transparent) = shop + aholic

The form clearly suggests someone addicted to shopping, but the affix is a playful analogical extension rather than a fully regular productive suffix.

Etymology

Shopaholic combines shop and the ending -aholic, which comes from alcoholic meaning someone 'addicted' to alcohol. So a shopaholic is someone 'addicted to shopping' who finds it hard to stop buying things.