barfly
Saloon's constant presence
A barfly is someone who spends a lot of time drinking in bars—a habitual patron who seems to live on a barstool.
The term carries connotations of aimlessness and mild dissolution: The same barflies were there every night, nursing their drinks.
Richly abundant in growth
- boozerHabitual heavy drinker
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
- sotHabitual heavy drinker
- tipplerRegular light drinker
inebriate · boozehound · wino · rummy · toper · drinker · imbiber · alcoholic
Frequent visitor somewhere
- fixtureAttached building component
- localOf this area
- familiar facePerson you recognize
- usualOccurring most often
barstool · perch · seat · spot · routine · bartender · barmaid · barkeep
Place for drinks
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
speakeasy · local · joint · taproom · gin mill · roadhouse · alehouse · cantina
Informal term for spirits
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
- beerFermented grain drink
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- draftPreliminary version of text
round · tab · shot · nightcap · bender · tipsy · buzzed · inebriated
Relief from distress
- refugePlace of safety
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
coping · wallowing · melancholy · loneliness · alienation · dejection · down-and-out · hard luck
Person not yet known
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
camaraderie · lonely hearts · pickup lines · flirtation · companionship · commiseration · anecdote · eavesdropping
lush
Richly abundant in growth
tippler · inebriate · boozehound · wino · rummy · toper · drinker · imbiber · alcoholic · Bukowski
habitué
Frequent visitor somewhere
- fixtureAttached building component
- localOf this area
- familiar facePerson you recognize
usual · barstool · perch · seat · spot · routine · bartender · barmaid · barkeep · closing time
watering hole
Place for drinks
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
honky-tonk · speakeasy · local · joint · taproom · gin mill · roadhouse · alehouse · cantina · beer hall
booze
Informal term for spirits
draft · round · tab · shot · nightcap · bender · tipsy · buzzed · inebriated · plastered
solace
Relief from distress
- refugePlace of safety
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
numbing · coping · wallowing · melancholy · loneliness · alienation · dejection · down-and-out · hard luck · troubles
stranger
Person not yet known
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
storytelling · camaraderie · lonely hearts · pickup lines · flirtation · companionship · commiseration · anecdote · eavesdropping · small talk
- drinkingbooze, liquor, guzzling, gulping, chugging
- bar patronsregular, local, drunk, bartender, bouncer
- nightlifebars, clubbing, clubs, nightclubs, barhopping
- drinkersdrinker, drinkers, imbiber, imbibers, drunk
- Drinking Slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, plastered, smashed
- partygoerspartygoers, party-goer, party-goers, attendee, partier
barflyteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · nondrinker · prohibitionist · recovering alcoholic · temperance advocate
barflyhomebody
One preferring domestic life
family man · homemaker · nester · stay-at-home parent · churchgoer