drinker

noun

drink·​er ˈdriŋ-kər 

1

a

: one that drinks

b

: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree

a heavy drinker

2

: waterer sense b

Synonyms

• alcoholic
• alkie [slang]
• alky
• boozehound
• boozer
• dipsomaniac
• drunk
• drunkard
• inebriate
• juicehead [slang]
• juicer [slang]
• lush
• rummy
• soak
• soaker
• sot
• souse
• tippler
• toper
• tosspot

Examples of drinker in a Sentence

I'm not much of a drinker.

Most of his friends are drinkers.

Recent Examples on the Web

With this drinking moderation technique, the drinker alternates between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages throughout a social occasion or night out. —Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025

Astute Yellowjackets fans will know that hot chocolate has appeared in both of the season finales, and both times the drinker died minutes after drinking it. —Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025

Modern scientists tested the potential effects of drinking such an acidic spirit from a toxic metal and found that one drinker’s daily lead intake would have been as high as 85 micrograms—enough to cause chronic lead poisoning, a.k.a. plumbism. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025

Dozens of breweries in the state have done something similar over the past few years in order to cater to more than just beer drinkers. —Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing drinker

• social drinker

Rhymes for drinker

• clinker
• linker
• pinker
• sinker
• thinker
• tinker
• freethinker