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
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
My husband has been a functioning alcoholic for more than 40 years.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Drinking around the world at EPCOT is an unofficial activity where guests typically consume one alcoholic beverage from each of the 11 represented countries.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Pappas, 43, said Stagliano accused her of being an alcoholic and refused to leave her home on the day of her arrest, records show.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
My husband has been a functioning alcoholic for more than 40 years.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The alcoholic beverage comes with Jameson Irish whiskey, melon liqueur, blue Curaçao, premium lemon sour and lemon-lime soda with a gold sugar rim.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Drinking around the world at EPCOT is an unofficial activity where guests typically consume one alcoholic beverage from each of the 11 represented countries.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholic
Noun
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That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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The bus is full of heroes, students, shoppers, phone scrollers, mothers with kids, silent commuters and the occasional drunks.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
18 Feb. 2025
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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Aside from his bibulous peculiarities, Old Roy is generous, brave, courteous and a keen lover of fun.—
John MacCormack,
San Antonio Express-News,
20 Jan. 2018
Noun
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But value-conscious wine drinkers willing to buy an $18 cava may balk at a $23 cava.—
Eric Asimov,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The bottom line: Lauren Swartz, president of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, tells Axios the city's coffee makers and drinkers alike have more to think about now.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nick, a prequel to the original, offers us Carraway’s backstory as a soldier in World War I and a wanderer trying to find his way in a dissolute world.—
Danielle Teller,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874, moved across the country following the death of his dissolute, larger-than-life father, and made a series of homes in mill towns north of Boston with his mother, who was a schoolteacher, and his younger sister.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And then there was the one about him as a bad steward of money raised by the powerful Koch network, a sexist bully, and a drunkard on the job who got canned.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
4 Dec. 2024
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First, there was the chest-down, sort of squaring-up motion that drunkards do to bouncers, to be followed by a strike which could not even be conceived of in drunken stupors.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
30 June 2024
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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Leitch produced the film, which was a passable Netflix throwaway hampered by dopey B-movie conventions.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the course of four weeks this summer, with data from only a couple of dozen players, the robot had progressed from dopey beginner to high intermediate.—
James Somers,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
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“Alcoholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholic. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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