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 of drinker

• alcoholic

Examples of drinker in a Sentence

I'm not much of a drinker.

Most of his friends are drinkers.

Recent Examples on the Web

On this point, the National Academies concluded that moderate drinkers are slightly less likely to die from any cause than abstainers, a finding that carries weight for me. —Robert M. Kaplan, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026

Still, this year’s changes are likely to reshape the local craft beer scene in a big way, as many of the recent closures include longtime breweries that spent a decade-plus serving drinkers and helping fuel the nationwide movement for better beer. —Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025

First, the proliferation of natural wine and its evangelical cadre of drinkers has led to the unflattering perception of orange wine as merely a trend. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025

The stereotype of Southerners being drinkers is being challenged in a new report. —Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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

Phrases Containing drinker

• social drinker

Rhymes for drinker

• clinker
• linker
• pinker
• sinker
• thinker
• tinker
• freethinker