Synonyms for drink
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Tipple
beverage, tipple, alcohol, liquor, libation, potable, potion, drinkable, sauce, strong drink, lush, firewater, potation rare
2. Sip — the action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have
3. Boozing
boozing informal, drunkenness, crapulence rare
4. Swallow
swallow, deglutition rare
Verb
2. Booze — to consume alcoholic beverages
hit the bottle informal, hit the sauce, fuddle, booze slang
Other
tope dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
- n. 2
A beverage.
What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.
- v. 1
To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
He drank the water I gave him.
- v. 2
To consume alcoholic beverages.
No thanks, I don't drink.
Related words
- Word family
- drinkable drink-driver drink-driving drinkery drinkologist drinkwater drinkworthy
- Phrases
- strong drink drink down hard drink fizzy drink soft drink hold one's drink drink in drink to
- Is a kind of
- ingest beverage
Example sentences
- alcohol When can one say that a person has alcohol issues?
- liquor The owner of this bar never sells liquor on credit.
- sip Tom took a sip of his drink and then set it down.
- guzzle A giraffe can guzzle many gallons of water in one go.
By length
- 3 letters
- sip1, sup1, nip1
- 4 letters
- toss1, lush1, dram1, gulp1, swig1, tope1
- 5 letters
- draft1, sauce1, drain1, toast1, booze1, swill1, quaff1
- 6 letters
- liquor2, pledge1, absorb2, salute2, potion2, tipple2, drench1, imbibe2, guzzle2, fuddle2
- 7 letters
- alcohol3, swallow2, draught1, potable3, boozing2, wassail, carouse2
- 8 letters
- beverage3, libation, potation
- 9 letters
- drinkable3, firewater
- 10 letters
- crapulence
- 11 letters
- drunkenness3, deglutition
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liquor2 = 2 syllables).