DRUNKS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

drunks

noun

plural of drunk

as in alcoholics

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk you can't trust anything that old drunk says

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as in sprees

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything

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Recent Examples of drunks For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like. — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 25 June 2026 This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots. — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026 All of us kept an eye out for drunks, who tipped better. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town. — John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026

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The child of alcoholics, Dreesen often referenced his rough-and-tumble upbringing in his comedy sets, telling tales of little Tommy shining shoes in the taverns of the South Side to feed his siblings.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
In fact, severe alcoholics may become immunocompromised.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 14 May 2026

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The People’s Bank of China, for instance, has pushed for multi-month buying sprees, while the Reserve Bank of India has repatriated roughly 100 tonnes of gold back to domestic vaults.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026
The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of sprees

Noun

Outside his ivory tower, the heterosis disease is raging on, turning men whose appetites normally lay only in prostate orgasms, poppers, all-night benders, and chemsex into the kind of people who suddenly have an affection for a church wedding.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
Tube benders also use stained glass, phosphorus and mercury to create other colors.

— Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026

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