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

Welch had shown up to her birthday party drunk and high. —Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024

Taking matters into her own hands, the protagonist gets drunk, calls her dad and asks to be set up with an eligible Iranian bachelor. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024

Noun

Detectives pulled in drapes, dope addicts, drunks staggering out of bars, truck drivers, soldiers, school chums and anyone else who might have known her. —Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024

Instead of seedy drunks and losers, notorious characters show up, like Scarecrow. —Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024