drinker

noun

drink·​er ˈdriŋ-kər 

1

a

: one that drinks

b

: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree

a heavy drinker

2

: waterer sense b

Synonyms

• alcoholic
• alkie [slang]
• alky
• boozehound
• boozer
• dipsomaniac
• drunk
• drunkard
• inebriate
• juicehead [slang]
• juicer [slang]
• lush
• rummy
• soak
• soaker
• sot
• souse
• tippler
• toper
• tosspot

Examples of drinker in a Sentence

I'm not much of a drinker.

Most of his friends are drinkers.

Recent Examples on the Web

Blackouts occur when alcohol interferes with receptors of the hippocampus that aid in memory consolidation, rendering the drinker incapable of making and storing new memories. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024

But the war introduced a problem for the Union’s coffee drinkers. —Bronwen Everill, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024

Blood oxygen concentrations were 95% and 96% for the drinkers and non-drinkers, respectively. —Kristen Fischer, Health, 21 June 2024

The South becomes synonymous with tea About 100 years before the St. Louis World’s Fair, tea drinkers in the South had already developed a taste for sweet tea. —Leah Ingram, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing drinker

• social drinker