Synonyms of drunk

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adjective

ˈdrəŋk 

as in drunken

being under the influence of alcohol

several wedding guests who got a little drunk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunken
• impaired
• fried
• wet
• wasted
• blind
• bombed
• plastered
• gassed
• inebriated
• loaded
• tipsy
• intoxicated
• lit
• alcoholic
• smashed
• stiff
• inebriate
• boozy
• stoned
• sozzled
• squiffy
• ripped
• high
• sloshed
• soused
• besotted
• juiced
• blotto
• stewed
• pickled
• under the influence
• crocked
• tight
• hammered
• three sheets to the wind
• sottish
• tanked
• under the weather
• stinking
• blitzed
• blasted
• looped
• three sheets in the wind
• lit up
• tiddly
• pie-eyed
• potted
• oiled
• canned
• cockeyed
• in the bag
• wiped out
• squiffed
• maudlin
• in one's cups
• beery
• debauched
• dissolute
• befuddled
• dopey
• crapulous
• stupefied
• rocky
• bleary-eyed
• dopy
• strung out
• dissipated
• bibulous
• dipsomaniacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sober
• straight
• dry
• temperate
• steady
• level
• cool
• abstemious
• teetotal
• abstinent
• clearheaded

drunk

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noun

1

as in alcoholic

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk

you can't trust anything that old drunk says

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alcoholic
• drunkard
• drinker
• inebriate
• dipsomaniac
• alkie
• tippler
• sot
• alky
• boozer
• boozehound
• souse
• toper
• soak
• rummy
• tosspot
• juicehead
• lush
• juicer
• soaker
• wino
• swiller
• swigger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teetotaler
• teetotaller
• abstainer
• nondrinker
• teetotalist

2

as in spree

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking

after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spree
• binge
• bender
• carouse
• drunkenness
• carousal
• wassail
• bust
• toot
• jamboree
• revel
• kegger
• keg party
• orgy
• revelry
• blowout
• intoxication
• inebriation
• inebriety
• tipsiness
• bacchanalia
• jag
• bibbery
• bibulousness

drunk

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verb

variants or drank

past participle of drink

1

as in sipped

to swallow in liquid form

the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sipped
• gulped
• sucked
• consumed
• supped
• licked
• quaffed
• imbibed
• swigged
• swilled
• guzzled
• pounded (down)
• slurped
• tossed (down or off)
• knocked back
• belted (down)
• slugged (down)
• hoisted
• downed
• mouthed (down)
• killed
• tippled
• lapped
• toasted
• put away
• wined
• ingurgitated
• pledged
• nipped

2

as in boozed

to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages

we're worried that she's started drinking again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boozed
• soaked
• tippled
• guzzled
• revelled
• hit the bottle
• liquored (up)
• reveled
• lushed (up)
• caroused
• bibbed
• boozed it up
• imbibed
• nipped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abstained

3

as in absorbed

to take in (something liquid) through small openings

the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• absorbed
• imbibed
• sipped
• soaked (up)
• sucked (up)
• taken up
• sponged
• swallowed
• gulped
• quaffed
• swigged
• swilled
• guzzled
• slurped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drunk

Adjective

Bethea had chosen not to speak, but Hash, drunk and out of his mind, kept asking Bethea to say something. —Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

First, there is a social aspect to getting drunk. —Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025

Noun

Charlie Sheen once piloted a jet drunk. —Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

Finally, our cities should impose stiff civil penalties on bars and valet services who let drunks drive. —U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025

Verb

One case study detailed a man who drank 8 11-ounce servings of coconut water during the day. —Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025

Giovanni drank himself into an early grave. —Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025