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Synonyms for drunk

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

blind drunk drunken inebriated beery fucked-up blind dead drunk boozy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Drunken — intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages

drunken, inebriated, intoxicated, mellow, blind drunk, beery, maudlin, groggy, impaired, flustered, woozy, buzzed, merry, muddled, nappy, gone, sodden, polluted IE, drenched, flushed, pie-eyed informal, full AU

2. Cup-shot

fuck-faced, shit faced, in one's cups, cup-shot dated, off one's tits slang

3. Blitzed

blitzed slang, clobbered slang US, blasted slang

Other

boozy, fucked-up, cock-eyed, blind, dead drunk, feeling no pain, fuzzy-headed, excited, locked IE, frosted, top-heavy with drink rare, ale-blown dated

Noun

1. Drunkard — A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated

drunkard, wino, alcoholic, drinker, sot, bar fly, guzzler, rummy, boozer slang, piss artist vulgar slang UK AU IE

Antonyms

sober, clear-headed, clean

All antonyms of drunk →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

  2. adj. 2

    Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.

  3. adj. 3

    Elated or emboldened.

    Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.

  4. n. 1

    A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

Related words

Word family
drunkard drunken drunkenness drunkish drunklike
Phrases
blind drunk drunk driving dead drunk drunk driver get drunk punch drunk syndrome driving drunk pissed drunk
Is a kind of
chemically inconvenienced intoxicate intoxicated

Forms

Plural
drunks → drunkards, winos, alcoholics, drinkers…

Example sentences

  • drunken The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.
  • inebriated I know for a fact that Yanni wasn't inebriated.
  • blind There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
drunkrising
drunkenrising
inebriatedrising
beeryrising

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

By length

3 letters
sot1
4 letters
full1, gone1, wino2
5 letters
blind1, merry2, nappy, boozy2, woozy2, rummy2, beery2
6 letters
locked1, mellow2, buzzed1, groggy2, boozer2, sodden2
7 letters
excited3, drunken2, blasted2, flushed1, drinker2, frosted2, muddled2, maudlin2, blitzed1, guzzler2
8 letters
impaired2, polluted3, drenched1, drunkard2
9 letters
alcoholic4, flustered2, clobbered2
10 letters
inebriated5
11 letters
intoxicated5

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

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