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Synonyms for wino

Most common

alcoholic hobo drunkard sot oenophile

All synonyms

Noun

1. Drunk — A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard. Such a drunkard who is…

drunk, drunkard, alcoholic, hobo, bum, sot, sponge informal, lush, souse, inebriate, plonko informal AU, drinker, guzzler, bibber, tippler, dipsomaniac, toper formal, soak slang UK, boozer slang, boozehound slang informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard. Such a drunkard who is homeless.

    Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

Related words

Phrases
wino wine

Forms

Plural
winos → drunks, drunkards, alcoholics, hobos…

Example sentences

  • alcoholic I didn't know that Tom was a recovering alcoholic.
  • hobo A hobo found his way into that abandoned store somehow.
  • drunkard He repeatedly bashed the drunkard with his stick.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
winorising
alcoholicfalling
hoborising
drunkardsteady
sotfalling
oenophilesteady

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

By length

3 letters
bum1, sot1
4 letters
soak1, lush1, hobo2
5 letters
drunk1, rummy2, souse, toper
6 letters
sponge1, boozer2, bibber, plonko
7 letters
drinker2, guzzler2, tippler
8 letters
drunkard2
9 letters
alcoholic4, inebriate4, oenophile3
10 letters
boozehound
11 letters
dipsomaniac

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hobo2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
sac à vin