drinking

Taking in beverages

Drinking is the act of consuming liquids, but used alone it almost always means consuming alcohol: She doesn't approve of drinking.

A drinking problem is alcoholism.

Drinking water is water safe to consume.

A drinking buddy is someone you regularly drink alcohol with.

We stayed out drinking until two in the morning.

social

toast

Heated bread; glass-raising honor

  • cheersCasual toast or farewell
  • roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
  • pubLicensed drinking establishment

bar · tavern · saloon · cantina · izakaya · biergarten · nightclub · brewpub · salud · prost

intoxication

inebriation

Drunken state

wasted · sloshed · plastered · sozzled · stagger · slur · woozy · impaired · hangover · blackout

consumption

sipping

Drinking in small mouthfuls

imbibing · guzzling · nursing · chugging · slurping · downing · draining · finishing · savoring · tasting

hydration

water

Clear essential liquid

H2O · potable · purified · spring · minerals · filtered · sparkling · tap · still · alkaline

thirst

parched

Extremely dry or thirsty

craving · thirsty · cottonmouth · refreshment · longing · desperate · gasping

alcohol

brewery

Beer manufacturing facility

spirits · vintage · vineyard · barrels · cask · sommelier · tannins · malting · mashing · proof

habit

addiction

Compulsive substance reliance

recovery · abstinence · relapse · moderation · binge · craving · withdrawal · twelve-step · intervention · rehab

Categories
Opposites
alcohol consumption behavior

drinkingsobriety

Unimpaired mental state

abstinence · teetotaling · nondrinking · temperance · abstaining

bodily intake of liquids

drinkingeating

Ingesting sustenance

chewing

hydration state

drinkingthirsting

Yearning intensely for

dehydrating · dehydration · fasting · parching

Phrases
Family

drinking water, drinking games, drinking age, drinking songs, drinking fountain, drinking culture, drinking game, drinking song, drinking fountains

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG