as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
although he can still hold a job, he's definitely become a problem drinker
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Recent Examples of drinker
Head brewer Andrew Castner keeps drinkers guessing with beers like the unexpectedly tart Goose American IPA.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Other coffee-drinkers in my family prefer dessert-like beverages that can hardly be considered coffee buried beneath a cup of milk, pumps of syrup and various toppings, while others stick to instant coffee or cups of Lipton tea.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Also, all the frills (connecting to an app, having to recharge the PureVis battery) might be too much for the average water drinker.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
The damage can be similar to what’s seen in a heavy drinker and lead to cirrhosis — advanced scarring of the liver — as well as liver cancer.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Other coffee-drinkers in my family prefer dessert-like beverages that can hardly be considered coffee buried beneath a cup of milk, pumps of syrup and various toppings, while others stick to instant coffee or cups of Lipton tea.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Also, all the frills (connecting to an app, having to recharge the PureVis battery) might be too much for the average water drinker.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
The damage can be similar to what’s seen in a heavy drinker and lead to cirrhosis — advanced scarring of the liver — as well as liver cancer.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drinker
Noun
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At the time, the filmmaker felt Hawke was too young to begin production; Hart was a longtime alcoholic and Blue Moon focuses on a specific moment near the end of the songwriter’s life, just months before his death at the age of 48 following a pneumonia diagnosis.—
Kyle McGovern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This is a man who is the child of two alcoholics.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Geer pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence and vehicular assault for a drunk-driving crash last November that killed a Golden police officer and injured three other people, according to the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinker. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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