ALCOHOL Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

alcohol

noun

ˈal-kə-ˌhȯl

Definition of alcohol

as in liquor

a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk after his daughter was born, the man never again touched alcohol

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Recent Examples of alcohol Platner’s defenders would never concede that his reliance on alcohol obliterated his own credibility. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026 The two 15-year-olds were allegedly drinking alcohol inside the vehicle and hanging out of the windows of the vehicle, shooting Orbeez water beads out of a toy gun. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 July 2026 But before the thylacine was fully eradicated, 13 pups of the marsupial species were preserved in alcohol. — Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 Pace had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, Michigan State Police investigators allegedly found, McDonald said. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for alcohol

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Noun

Guns, liquor, darkness and a 300-pound goat-man supposedly in pain.

— Star-Telegram staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
Guests get wooden chips to trade in for liquor at the whiskey-centric bar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of liquor

Noun

Since March 2025, every Canadian province except for Alberta and Saskatchewan has banned the sale of American booze.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
With information about the negative effects of alcohol dominating the headlines, gatherings that were previously based strictly around booze are dwindling.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 6 July 2026

Definition of booze

Noun

Charlotte is having drinks at the hotel bar with a couple of colleagues when Sugar confronts her.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 July 2026
The dessert chain has an expansive menu that includes cakes, crêpes, freshly made Belgium waffles, funnel cakes and hot and iced drinks.

— Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026

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