Synonyms
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Examples of tipsy in a Sentence
I got a little tipsy at the party last night.
our uncle had too much to drink at the wedding and got a little tipsy
Recent Examples on the Web
Everyone else is too tipsy, and Ubering is so unsafe.
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Danielle Jennings, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Most of the arcades are open late into the evening as well, making for a quite fun after-dinner, slightly tipsy escapade.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article A wee bit tipsy man on a scooter somehow blew past two checkpoints and roamed around Rikers Island before his nighttime joyride was cut short by security, court records show.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 22 Nov. 2024
Watch on Hulu All of Us Strangers Adam (the always superb Andrew Scott) is a television writer who largely keeps to himself, until an awkward encounter with his tipsy neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal) kickstarts a passionate new relationship.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2024
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Danielle Jennings, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Most of the arcades are open late into the evening as well, making for a quite fun after-dinner, slightly tipsy escapade.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article A wee bit tipsy man on a scooter somehow blew past two checkpoints and roamed around Rikers Island before his nighttime joyride was cut short by security, court records show.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 22 Nov. 2024
Watch on Hulu All of Us Strangers Adam (the always superb Andrew Scott) is a television writer who largely keeps to himself, until an awkward encounter with his tipsy neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal) kickstarts a passionate new relationship.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipsy. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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