drunkard

Noun

Meaning

One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sot drunk rummy inebriate wino boozer reamer bacchanal alcoholic stiff sponge lush soak drinker bacchante

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Antonyms

teetotaller pioneer ascetic abstinent abstainer prohibitionist

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Hypernyms

drinker juicer imbiber toper

Hyponyms

boozer alcoholic lush soaker souse dipsomaniac

Related terms

drunk drunken

Phrases with the word

drunkard's walk habitual drunkard drunkard's noodles drunkard noodles

Examples

The devil loves no one as much as drunkards, because no one fulfills his evil will as thoroughly as a drunkard. John Chrysostom

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover. Henri Matisse

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Wine bears no blame - only the drunkard. Russian Proverb

The drunkard thinks of only one thing and the barman of something else. Croatian Proverb

What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

drunk text drunkalog drunkalogue drunkard noodles drunkard's noodles drunkard's walk