Synonyms for firewater

Most common

drink · alcohol · sauce · lush · alkahest

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).

Forms

Plural

firewaters → drinks, alcohols, sauces, liquors…

Example sentences

• drink You'll soon come to enjoy the food and drink here.
• alcohol When can one say that a person has alcohol issues?
• sauce Just the sight of that sauce made my stomach turn.
• lush The goat peacefully grazed on the lush hillside.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

lush¹, grog¹

5 letters

drink¹, sauce¹, booze¹

6 letters

liquor², tipple²

7 letters

alcohol³

8 letters

alkahest³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liquor² = 2 syllables).