toper
Habitual heavy drinker
A toper is a habitual heavy drinker—someone who drinks to excess regularly rather than occasionally.
The word is old-fashioned and slightly literary, carrying a tone of gentle disapproval or bemused tolerance rather than harsh condemnation: The old toper spent his evenings at the village pub.
Chronic heavy drinker
- sotHabitual heavy drinker
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- boozerHabitual heavy drinker
- dipsomaniacCompulsive alcohol abuser
inebriate · alcoholic · tippler · soak · wino · barfly · guzzler · bibber
One touring multiple taverns
- bar hopperOne frequenting multiple taverns
- party drinkerOne who drinks socially
- pub landlordPub owner or manager
drunkard
Chronic heavy drinker
dipsomaniac · inebriate · alcoholic · tippler · soak · wino · barfly · guzzler · bibber · tosspot
pub crawler
One touring multiple taverns
- bar hopperOne frequenting multiple taverns
- party drinkerOne who drinks socially
- pub landlordPub owner or manager
Falstaff
Comic knight, corpulent braggart
wassailer · bon vivant · bacchanal · wine lover · convivial · Dionysian · bibulous · vinous · rakish · dissolute
toperteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · nondrinker · teetotaller · teetotalist · prohibitionist
- on topIn the lead
- on top ofDirectly above something
- tank topSleeveless casual garment
- top secretHighest classification level
- over the topExcessively theatrical or extreme
- top speedMaximum achievable velocity