ADJECTIVE | all | alcoholic | characteristic of or containing alcohol |
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all | alcoholic, alcohol-dependent | addicted to alcohol | |
NOUN | person | alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
Sounds | ae.lkahhhaa'lihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | Characteristic of or containing alcohol. | |
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Example | "alcoholic drinks" | |
Narrower | dry | Having a large proportion of strong liquor |
hard, strong | Distilled rather than fermented | |
intoxicant, intoxicating | Causing | |
spirituous, spiritous | Containing or of the nature of alcohol | |
wet | Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor | |
Opposite | nonalcoholic | Characterized by the absence of alcohol |
Spanish | alcohólico | |
Catalan | alcohòlic | |
Nouns | alcohol | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
alcohol | any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
Meaning | addicted to alcohol. | |
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Example | "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren | |
Synonym | alcohol-dependent | |
Broader | addicted | compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming |
Spanish | alcohólico, alcoholizado | |
Catalan | alcohòlic, alcoholitzat | |
Nouns | alcoholic | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
Meaning | A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. | |
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Synonyms | alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse | |
Broader | drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino | A chronic drinker |
Spanish | alcohólico, borracho, catavinos, dipsomaníaco, dipsómano, privota, zaque | |
Catalan | alcohòlic, borratxo, buidaampolles, dipsòman, embriac, pilloc, pitof | |
Adjectives | alcoholic | addicted to alcohol |
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