as in drunks
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
one can be a social drinker without turning into an alcoholic
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Recent Examples of alcoholics
AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.
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Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Using her charm offensive, Hedda goads naive spouses to cheat, recovering alcoholics to drink and depressives to wander off into the darkness with a revolver.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
This is a man who is the child of two alcoholics.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Her mother abandoned her when Wuornos was 4, and she was adopted by her grandparents, who were alcoholics.
—Peter White, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
After all, children of alcoholics are four times more likely to be alcoholics themselves.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The district court agreed, pointing to traditions of disarming felons, alcoholics, and the mentally ill.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Using her charm offensive, Hedda goads naive spouses to cheat, recovering alcoholics to drink and depressives to wander off into the darkness with a revolver.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
This is a man who is the child of two alcoholics.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Her mother abandoned her when Wuornos was 4, and she was adopted by her grandparents, who were alcoholics.
—Peter White, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
After all, children of alcoholics are four times more likely to be alcoholics themselves.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The district court agreed, pointing to traditions of disarming felons, alcoholics, and the mentally ill.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholics
drinkers
Noun
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Depending on their goal, drinkers will choose different brands, dosages, and even cannabinoids or functional ingredients.—
Kate Bernot,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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Go ice skating, indulge in a fluffy waffle, and then retire to a table at Elfde Gebod, a traditional pub where hundreds of statues of the Virgin Mary gaze down on the drinkers.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Alcoholics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholics. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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