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Synonyms for tipsy

  • adjective

Most common

blind drunk intoxicated inebriated boozy buzzed off-kilter shicker drunkish

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Drunk

drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, blind drunk, boozy, maudlin, mellow, merry, besotted, muddled, stewed, tight, fou UK, nappy, oiled, tiddly, potty, crapulous, squiffy informal UK IE, tiddled, drunken, flustered

2. Wobbly

wobbly, tottering, rickety, precarious

Other

buzzed, off-kilter, shicker, drunkish, cock-eyed

Antonyms

sober

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

  2. adj. 2

    Unsteady, askew.

Related words

Word family
tipsiness

Example sentences

  • intoxicated Tom could've been intoxicated, but he acted sober.
  • inebriated I know for a fact that Yanni wasn't inebriated.
  • buzzed Yanni buzzed the intercom and Skura answered.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tipsyrising
intoxicatedsteady
inebriatedrising
boozyrising
buzzedrising

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

By length

3 letters
fou
5 letters
drunk1, tight1, merry2, potty2, oiled1, nappy, boozy2
6 letters
mellow2, wobbly3, buzzed1, stewed1, tiddly2
7 letters
drunken2, muddled2, rickety3, maudlin2, squiffy, tiddled, shicker
8 letters
besotted3, drunkish
9 letters
flustered2, tottering3, crapulous
10 letters
precarious4, inebriated5
11 letters
intoxicated5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merry2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
éméché