Synonyms of inebriate

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adjective

i-ˈnē-brē-ət 

as in drunk

being under the influence of alcohol

those inebriate sports fans who yell and scream throughout the game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• drunken
• impaired
• fried
• wet
• blind
• inebriated
• wasted
• intoxicated
• tipsy
• besotted
• boozy
• alcoholic
• gassed
• bombed
• sozzled
• plastered
• sottish
• soused
• lit
• blotto
• under the influence
• sloshed
• loaded
• pickled
• crocked
• stewed
• stoned
• under the weather
• smashed
• pie-eyed
• stiff
• juiced
• stinking
• ripped
• looped
• cockeyed
• hammered
• three sheets in the wind
• high
• lit up
• tiddly
• tanked
• blitzed
• potted
• oiled
• canned
• wiped out
• blasted
• tight
• in the bag
• squiffed
• maudlin
• beery
• in one's cups
• crapulous
• dissolute
• debauched
• befuddled
• stupefied
• dopey
• bleary-eyed
• bibulous
• rocky
• dissipated
• strung out
• dipsomaniacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sober
• dry
• straight
• temperate
• abstemious
• level
• steady
• teetotal
• abstinent
• cool
• clearheaded

inebriate

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noun

i-ˈnē-brē-ət 

as in alcoholic

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk

having performed in countless bars and clubs, the stand-up comedian was used to being heckled by inebriates in the back of the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teetotaler
• abstainer
• nondrinker
• teetotalist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inebriate

Adjective

Or simply to help other individuals in dire straits — like the widow (Whitney Morgan Cox) and daughter (Veda Cienfuegos) of that inebriate driver, their current plight worsened by the bankruptcy brought on by a Bernie Madoff-like financial predator? — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2023

The money covers additional shelter beds, more street outreach, rapid rehousing, safe parking and the serial inebriate program. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023

Segovia was booked into the inebriate center detention facility at the Dallas City Marshal's office on Chestnut Street. — Maria Elena Vizcaino, Dallas News, 8 July 2019

His slightly inebriate charm has become a consistent moviegoing pleasure. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019

Noun

One of American drama's most intriguing case studies, Hickey is the hardware salesman who returns to his old tawdry haunt not on one of his periodic benders but on a mission to reform the resident inebriates of their belief in a better tomorrow. — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018

The group proposed extending the winter shelter through May, boosting treatment for serial inebriates and reporting all homeless incidents and issues to a single coordinator. — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017