as in drunk
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
one can be a social drinker without turning into an alcoholic
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Recent Examples of alcoholic
Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Dinner is a three-course meal, accompanied by one complimentary alcoholic beverage, with additional menu options available.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
Across the street, a two-story house has added a deck out front with bar stools and an inflatable projector so patrons can casually walk from the new bar to the deck with their alcoholic beverages and party to music loud enough to wake people up several blocks away.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Drinky Crow is an adorable little bird who is also suicidally depressed and a raging alcoholic, living with his drunk Irish monkey buddy Uncle Gabby in a 19th-century nautical pastiche.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Dinner is a three-course meal, accompanied by one complimentary alcoholic beverage, with additional menu options available.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Alcohol Young children, teens and adults with dementia An alcoholic beverage could turn into alcohol poisoning quickly.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
Across the street, a two-story house has added a deck out front with bar stools and an inflatable projector so patrons can casually walk from the new bar to the deck with their alcoholic beverages and party to music loud enough to wake people up several blocks away.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholic
Noun
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Her decision was to get behind the wheel drunk.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Amidst the drunk, half-naked and lascivious troupe, Father Vincent O’Keeffe, in his dark black suit and pasty bald pate, strikes an incongruous figure.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2022
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But how differently would the Iron Lady have handled Brexit or Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s bibulous president?—
Philip Delves Broughton,
WSJ,
16 Nov. 2018
Noun
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For decades kosher drinkers trailed broader trends, remaining associated with sweet wines long after the general market had shifted toward dry, higher-quality bottles.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Some videos claimed police officers asked drinkers to pour their BORGs out into the Chicago River or showed officers dumping them down drains that empty into the river.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ian Littleworth’s Happy, the dissolute son always looking for an easy way out, seems unsettled not only in his bearings but in his command of the script.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Similarly, Early’s dissolute failson feels less like a self-portrait than like a darkly comic deflection, a gargoyle-ish stand-in for his creator’s anxieties.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Harris maintained that, like habitual drunkards, unlawful drug users may have their gun rights temporarily taken away.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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The justices seemed divided over how to apply historical laws about habitual drunkards to modern rules banning drug users from having a firearm.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The sun shines on the empty wine bottles and related detritus of last night’s debauched party.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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The event involves no less than three after-parties, and the film bounces between Nick’s future self and Mike trying to prevent Present Nick from serving him up on a silver platter to Sosa while Jimmy Boy is busy enjoying his newfound freedom to its debauched fullest.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.—
Michael Stein,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2022
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White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.—
Nancy Bilyeau,
Town & Country,
1 Feb. 2022
Adjective
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Well, this overly gauzy, sentimental, dull period romance hasn’t gotten any less dopey now that Nicolas Cage has been, well, Nicolas Cage for the last 20 years.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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The closest thing to a lull in the ceaseless stream of dopey humor is the songs, which can be charming but generally don’t try to be amusing at all.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Alcoholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholic. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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