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

Like a nectar-drunk hummingbird, her voice swooped, hovered, and soared across that record’s moonlit arrangements. — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2026

He was detained for allegedly ​kicking a police officer while drunk, according ⁠to Russian state media. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Noun

For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like. — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 25 June 2026

The Burgess Park/Blessington Street Basin spin is easy duty really compared to the Finsbury Park/Ranelagh Gardens spin, where I was laid out once like a drunk for a good half hour. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Verb

Sports bars and restaurants overflowed with customers who drank beer taps dry. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

The Crime 101 star drank from a coffee cup and held a beach hat in multiple images, which showed her posing alongside greenery with the ocean behind her. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026