swiller

One who gulps

A swiller is someone who drinks greedily or in large quantities, especially alcohol.

The word carries connotations of excessive, unrefined consumption—gulping rather than sipping: The pub was full of beer swillers by closing time.

It can also describe someone who feeds swill to pigs, though this sense is rare.

drinking

guzzler

One who drinks greedily

barfly · quaffer · drunkard · lush · sot · toper · wino · alehouse · pub · tavern

feeding

trough

Open container for animal feed

  • slopLiquid food waste
  • pigpenEnclosure for swine
  • hogSwine, or monopolize

swine · sty · fodder · mash · gruel · barnyard · livestock · slopping · gulping · gobbling

excess

overindulgence

Excessive consumption or enjoyment

immoderation · guzzling · gorging · overconsumption · piggishness · wastefulness · profligacy · extravagance · surfeit · saturation

Opposites
drinking manner

swillersipper

One who drinks delicately

teetotaler · abstainer · nibbler · tipper · moderate drinker

eating/consumption behavior

swillernibbler

Small-bite eater or metal cutter

picker · dieter · picky eater · ascetic · grazer

self-control/restraint

swillerascetic

One who renounces indulgence

abstainer · dieter · teetotaler · faster · moderate drinker

Family

swill, swilling, swilled, swills, swillers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG