Synonyms for inebriate
- adjective
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
drunk, blind drunk, merry, mellow, fou UK, maudlin, besotted, crapulous, drunken, intoxicated, flustered, nappy, muddled, tipsy, sodden, sotted, inebrious dated
Noun
drunkard, toper formal, alcoholic, sponge, lush, sot, rummy, wino, drinker, boozer, soaker, guzzler, tippler, bibber, dipsomaniac
Verb
1. Thrill
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
intoxicated; drunk
- n. 1
A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
- v. 1
To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
- v. 2
To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
the inebriating effect of popular applause
Related words
- Word family
- inebriacy inebriant inebriation inebriety inebrious
Forms
- Plural
- inebriates → drunkards, topers, alcoholics, sponges…
- Past participle
- inebriated
e.g. inebriated → thrilled, exalted, exhilarated, beatified…
Example sentences
- maudlin Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.
- besotted He is completely besotted with her.
By length
- 3 letters
- sot1, fou
- 4 letters
- soak1, lush1, wino2
- 5 letters
- drunk1, merry2, nappy, tipsy2, exalt2, rummy2, souse, toper
- 6 letters
- thrill1, sponge1, mellow2, boozer2, sodden2, soaker2, fuddle2, bibber, sotted
- 7 letters
- drunken2, drinker2, muddled2, maudlin2, guzzler2, tippler, beatify4
- 8 letters
- drunkard2, besotted3
- 9 letters
- alcoholic4, flustered2, crapulous, inebrious
- 10 letters
- intoxicate4, exhilarate4
- 11 letters
- intoxicated5, dipsomaniac
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wino2 = 2 syllables).