Synonyms of drunkard

drunkard

noun

ˈdrəŋ-kərd 

as in alcoholic

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk

accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alcoholic
• drunk
• drinker
• inebriate
• tippler
• dipsomaniac
• boozer
• sot
• toper
• alkie
• souse
• boozehound
• tosspot
• rummy
• soak
• soaker
• juicer
• juicehead
• lush
• wino
• swiller
• swigger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teetotaler
• abstainer
• nondrinker
• teetotalist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drunkard

Harris maintained that, like habitual drunkards, unlawful drug users may have their gun rights temporarily taken away. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026

Hemani's lawyers also reject the government's attempt to liken laws disarming habitual drunkards to the law disarming drug users, arguing that those early restrictions covered only people who regularly abused alcohol, not all those who drink. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026

These laws also applied to habitual drunkards, the mentally ill and others determined to be dangerous to the public. — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026

In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025