inebriants
Drinks causing drunkenness
Inebriants are substances that cause intoxication—alcohol being the most common, but the term encompasses drugs and other mind-altering compounds.
The word is somewhat formal or clinical: The study examined the effects of various inebriants on motor function.
It appears in legal, medical, and literary contexts more often than casual speech.
Intoxicating hydroxyl compound
- ethanolDrinkable volatile spirit
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
- beerFermented grain drink
wine · whiskey · vodka · rum · tequila · gin · brandy · cider
Impaired state from alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- sloshedVery intoxicated
- blottoThoroughly inebriated, slang
stupor · impaired · slurred · stagger · woozy · disoriented · groggy · dizzy
Liquid consumption act
- partyGathering for celebration
- barDrinking establishment
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
saloon · cocktail · nightclub · toast · celebration · rounds · happy hour · nightlife
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
relapse · detoxification · rehabilitation · recovery · sobriety · abstinence · twelve-step · sponsor
Intense emotional high
- disinhibitionReduced behavioral restraint
- relaxationState of being unwound
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
altered · hallucination · drowsiness · elation · giddiness · mellowness · haze · fog
alcohol
Intoxicating hydroxyl compound
beer · wine · whiskey · vodka · rum · tequila · gin · brandy · cider · sake
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
blotto · stupor · impaired · slurred · stagger · woozy · disoriented · groggy · dizzy · flushed
drinking
Liquid consumption act
tavern · saloon · cocktail · nightclub · toast · celebration · rounds · happy hour · nightlife · carousing
dependence
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
habituation · relapse · detoxification · rehabilitation · recovery · sobriety · abstinence · twelve-step · sponsor · enabler
euphoria
Intense emotional high
- disinhibitionReduced behavioral restraint
- relaxationState of being unwound
- numbnessLoss of sensation
sedation · altered · hallucination · drowsiness · elation · giddiness · mellowness · haze · fog · warmth
libation
Ceremonial drink offering
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- communionProfound shared closeness
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
ceremony · shamanic · ayahuasca · peyote · soma · offering · ancestral · sacred · bacchanal · symposium
inebriantsstimulants
Agents that heighten arousal
uppers · nootropics · energizers · awakeners · soporifics
inebriantsantidotes
Agents reversing toxic effects
detoxifiers · nootropics · cleansers · purifiers · naloxone
inebriantssobriety
Unimpaired mental state
abstinence · temperance · teetotalism · clean living · water