alky
Slang for drunkard
Alky is informal, often dismissive slang for an alcoholic—someone addicted to alcohol: My uncle was an alky who dried out in his fifties.
The spelling alkie also appears.
The word can sound callous or joking depending on context.
Impaired by alcohol
- drunkardChronic heavy drinker
- alcoholicAddicted to drinking
- winoHabitual street drinker
- boozerHabitual heavy drinker
lush · sot · tippler · inebriate · dipsomaniac · soak · barfly · toper
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
relapse · detoxification · intervention · recovery · twelve-step · sponsor · sober · rehab
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
boozer · lush · sot · tippler · inebriate · dipsomaniac · soak · barfly · toper · rummy
dependence
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- cravingPowerful urge to have
abstinence · relapse · detoxification · intervention · recovery · twelve-step · sponsor · sober · rehab · AA
alkyl
Saturated hydrocarbon substituent
- alkaneSaturated hydrocarbon series
- alkeneDoubly-bonded carbon compound
- alkyneTriple-bonded carbon compound
hydrocarbon · organic · saturated · unsaturated · carbon · hydrogen · isomer · chain · branched · cyclic
alkyteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
teetotaller · abstainer · nondrinker · sober · straight edge