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Synonyms for alcoholic

Most common

drinker drunkard boozer wino

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who is addicted to alcohol.

  2. adj. 1

    Of or pertaining to alcohol.

Related words

Word family
alcohol
Phrases
alcoholic beverage
Is a kind of
heady inebrious

Forms

Plural
alcoholics → drunks, drinkers, drunkards, winos…

Example sentences

  • drinker Dan confessed to Linda that he was a heavy drinker.
  • drunkard He repeatedly bashed the drunkard with his stick.
  • boozer What's up, you boozer? Have you had some cough syrup again?
  • wino "The wino is Baya's husband." "Lord have mercy."

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
alcoholicfalling
drinkersteady
drunkardsteady
boozerrising
winorising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sot1
4 letters
hard1, soak1, lush1, wino2, alky
5 letters
drunk1, boozy2, rummy2, souse, toper, dipso, lushy
6 letters
strong1, sponge1, ardent2, boozer2, soaker2, bibber
7 letters
drinker2, guzzler2, winesop, shicker
8 letters
drunkard2
9 letters
inebriate4
10 letters
spirituous
11 letters
dipsomaniac
12 letters
intoxicating5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wino2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
alcoolique
Italiano
alcolista
Deutsch
Alkoholiker
Català
alcohòlic