drunkard
Habitual alcohol abuser
A drunkard is a person who habitually drinks to excess—not someone who got drunk once, but someone whose life is marked by repeated drunkenness.
The word carries moral judgment and sounds somewhat old-fashioned: The old drunkard stumbled home from the tavern.
Modern usage often prefers clinical terms like alcoholic.
Habitual heavy drinker
- tipplerRegular light drinker
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- sotHabitual heavy drinker
- winoHabitual street drinker
rummy · soak · sponge · barfly · toper · guzzler · imbiber · swiller
Addicted to drinking
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- detoxSubstance removal process
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- dependencyState of needing support
sobriety · recovery · relapse · AA · sponsor · enabler · cirrhosis · abstinence
boozer
Habitual heavy drinker
wino · rummy · soak · sponge · barfly · toper · guzzler · imbiber · swiller · bibber
alcoholic
Addicted to drinking
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- detoxSubstance removal process
- withdrawalAct of taking away
dependency · sobriety · recovery · relapse · AA · sponsor · enabler · cirrhosis · abstinence · temperance
inebriated
Intoxicated by alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
- slurredIndistinctly articulated
plastered · hammered · sloshed · blotto · buzzed · soused · wobbly · befuddled · stupor · groggy
carouser
One who revels noisily
- revellerOne who celebrates wildly
- wassailerFestive celebrant with drink
- bacchanalianOf wild, drunken celebration
debauchee · merrymaker · bacchanal · tavern · saloon · bender · spree · nightlife · rounds
- sinnerssinner, transgressor, evildoer, wrongdoer, blasphemer
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
- drinkersdrinker, drinkers, imbiber, imbibers, drunks
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
- genre scenesdomestic scene, tavern scene, market scene, village scene, dining room
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
drunkardteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · nondrinker · teetotaller · teetotalist · prohibitionist