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

Examples of drunk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The claim: Video shows Kamala Harris slurring her words while drunk during a speech A Sept. 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of Vice President Kamala Harris speaking slowly and stuttering in front of an audience. —Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024

In January 2023, Karen MacNeil, one of the United States foremost wine experts and author of the book, The Wine Bible, took to Instagram to express her distress over Dry January, and subsequently Sober October, belying the binary choice that those consuming wine are either sober or drunk. —Michelle Williams, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

Noun

Feel the atmosphere exuding from the eclectic collection of characters gathered, from tourists to local drunks, all lorded over by the effervescent Jimenez. —Longreads, 21 June 2024

That’s when Detroit police picked up a drunk during the first week of December. —Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2024