Synonyms for alcohol
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Booze — beverages containing ethanol, collectively
liquor US, alcoholic beverage, drink, intoxicant, strong drink, tipple, spirit, lush, firewater, booze slang, grog slang AU NZ, sauce slang, potation rare, inebriant rare, fuddling rare
2. Ethanol
ethanol, methyl, ethyl alcohol dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
- n. 2
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- alcohols → liquors, drinks, intoxicants, tipples…
Example sentences
- drink You'll soon come to enjoy the food and drink here.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alcohol | steady | |
| drink | rising | |
| intoxicant | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- lush1, grog1
- 5 letters
- drink1, sauce1, booze1
- 6 letters
- spirit2, liquor2, methyl2, tipple2
- 7 letters
- ethanol3
- 8 letters
- potation, fuddling
- 9 letters
- firewater, inebriant
- 10 letters
- intoxicant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spirit2 = 2 syllables).