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
• blind
• wasted
• bombed
• plastered
• gassed
• inebriated
• loaded
• tipsy
• intoxicated
• lit
• alcoholic
• smashed
• stiff
• inebriate
• boozy
• stoned
• sozzled
• ripped
• high
• sloshed
• soused
• besotted
• blotto
• juiced
• stewed
• pickled
• under the influence
• crocked
• hammered
• tight
• 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
• crapulous
• dopey
• stupefied
• rocky
• bleary-eyed
• 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
• boozer
• boozehound
• souse
• toper
• soak
• rummy
• tosspot
• juicehead
• juicer
• lush
• soaker
• wino
• swiller
• swigger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teetotaler
• 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
• orgy
• revelry
• blowout
• intoxication
• inebriation
• kegger
• 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
• bibbed
• hit the bottle
• liquored (up)
• reveled
• lushed (up)
• caroused
• 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
• soaked (up)
• sucked (up)
• swallowed
• taken up
• sipped
• sponged
• gulped
• quaffed
• swigged
• swilled
• guzzled
• slurped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drunk

Adjective

The majority of the factory had been converted during the late war years to manufacture the ersatz coffee, made of roasted grain, sugar beet shavings, and chicory, which was drunk by the American POWs and ordinary Dresdeners as well. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Take the man behind the quote, Samir (Malik Elassal), who’s introduced as an aspiring FinTech bro in the middle of making amends for sleeping with a woman who was too drunk to consent. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026

Noun

During games, Spiezio was drinking alcohol out of water bottles in the dugout and was playing baseball drunk. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

In interviews, colleagues and friends have painted the portrait of Galliano before his downfall as a brilliant designer as well as an incorrigible drunk who trashed hotel rooms. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Verb

Ghalib was a devout Muslim yet drank wine despite Islam’s prohibition on alcohol. — Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

Her father drank apple juice, romped in the garden, and remembers his time in Madras fondly. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026