Synonyms for alcoholism
Most common
alcohol addiction drunkenness inebriation dipsomania potomania
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Alcohol addiction
alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriacy dated rare
2. Dipsomania
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
Alcoholism can lead to serious health problems.
- n. 2
Acute alcohol poisoning.
Related words
- Word family
- alco alcoholic
- Is a kind of
- alcohol use disorder
Forms
- Plural
- alcoholisms → drunkennesses, inebriations, dipsomanias…
Example sentences
- drunkenness He lost his job and fell into drunkenness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alcoholism | falling | |
| drunkenness | steady | |
| inebriation | rising | |
| dipsomania | falling | |
| potomania | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- inebriacy, potomania
- 10 letters
- dipsomania
- 11 letters
- drunkenness3, inebriation
- 13 letters
- alcoholomania
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (drunkenness3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- alcoolisme