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
• blind
• wasted
• bombed
• plastered
• gassed
• inebriated
• loaded
• tipsy
• intoxicated
• lit
• alcoholic
• smashed
• stiff
• inebriate
• boozy
• stoned
• sozzled
• ripped
• high
• sloshed
• soused
• besotted
• blotto
• juiced
• stewed
• pickled
• under the influence
• crocked
• hammered
• tight
• 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
• crapulous
• dopey
• stupefied
• rocky
• bleary-eyed
• 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
• boozer
• boozehound
• souse
• toper
• soak
• rummy
• tosspot
• juicehead
• juicer
• lush
• soaker
• wino
• swiller
• swigger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teetotaler
• 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
• orgy
• revelry
• blowout
• intoxication
• inebriation
• kegger
• 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
• bibbed
• hit the bottle
• liquored (up)
• reveled
• lushed (up)
• caroused
• 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
• soaked (up)
• sucked (up)
• swallowed
• taken up
• sipped
• sponged
• gulped
• quaffed
• swigged
• swilled
• guzzled
• slurped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drunk

Adjective

This is where Krasner and Pollock lived for nearly 11 years, until Pollock killed himself and one of his passengers, Edith Metzger, while driving drunk, injuring his girlfriend, Ruth Kligman, too. — John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

The drunkest of the three drunk ladies gives the historical cannon a kick, then does some comical hopping around, indicating, Ouch, my foot. — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Noun

He was also arrested in December on drunk-driving charges that might have stemmed from an incident at a California airport, prosecutors said during his bond hearing Thursday morning. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Instead of collectivity, there is a certain kind of animal community, or one that the poems’ speakers—children, old men, drunks, prostitutes—often stand apart from. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Verb

The group drank alcohol and used a series of drugs — including cocaine and Xanax from the dark web, prosecutors say. — Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026

Her mother drank from the water bottle and realized there was a sour taste, sparking suspicions her water was being tampered with. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026