drunks

Those who overimbibe

Drunks is the plural of drunk, a person who is intoxicated or who habitually drinks to excess.

The noun carries more judgment than the adjective—calling someone a drunk suggests a pattern, not just a state: The bar was full of drunks by closing time.

Staggering drunks spilled onto the sidewalk.

inebriation

tipsy

Mildly intoxicated

wasted · blotto · sozzled · besotted · pickled · soused · tanked · smashed · legless · pie-eyed

people

alcoholic

Addicted to drinking

  • lushRichly abundant in growth
  • sotHabitual heavy drinker
  • winoHabitual street drinker

boozer · tippler · inebriate · toper · barfly · dipso · rummy · alky · dipsomaniac · bum

carousing

revelry

Noisy, lively celebration

spree · merrymaking · pub crawl · bar hopping · bender · boozing · carousal · nightlife · wassail · tippling

movement

stagger

Walk unsteadily, sway

totter · wobble · sway · reel · shuffle · unsteady · weaving · shamble · falter · zigzag

Categories
Opposites
sobriety state

drunksteetotalers

Those avoiding all alcohol

abstainers · non-drinkers · nondrinkers · prohibitionists

social responsibility/role

drunksdesignated drivers

Chosen non-drinking transporters

chaperones · caretakers · minders · bartenders

Phrases
Family

drunk, drunken, drunkenness, drunkard, drunkenly, drunkest, drunker

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