Synonyms of drunkenness

drunkenness

noun

1

as in alcoholism

habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants

unfortunately most of his time in college had been devoted to drunkenness and debauchery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alcoholism
• intemperance
• insobriety
• intoxication
• inebriety
• intemperateness
• dipsomania
• dissoluteness
• debauchery
• bibulousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• temperance
• sobriety
• abstinence
• abstention
• teetotalism

2

as in inebriation

the condition of being drunk

officials warning that public drunkenness would not be tolerated, even during Mardi Gras

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alcoholism
• inebriation
• intoxication
• inebriety
• intemperance
• tipsiness
• insobriety
• bender
• souse
• spree
• toot
• binge
• brannigan
• jag

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drunkenness

Authorities say Kristina Lopez Lujan is now charged with simple battery, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 12 June 2026

States have generally applied Clean Slate to non-violent, low-level offenses like writing a bad check, drug possession or public drunkenness. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

The City Council passed the measure to help deter public drunkenness and crime downstream from easy access to shooters and single-serving malt beverages. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

The Puritans once banned the game shuffleboard, an occasion for gambling and drunkenness. — Brendan King, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence and studies showing that gun ownership and drunkenness can be a dangerous cocktail. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026

Rather, a lengthy process can be initiated to remove a member from office for gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, or other misconduct, the Ohio School Board Association stated. — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2026

He was detained again in 2017 for an assault in Queens, then six months later arrested for suspicion of public drunkenness in Georgia. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026

He was twice arrested in 2017, first for assault in Queens, and then in George for suspicion of public drunkenness. — Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026