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alcoholic

/ˌælkʌhˈɑlɪk/noun, adjective4 syllables

Alcoholic means: characteristic of or containing alcohol.

Synonyms for alcoholic16

noun, as in a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse

adjective, as in characteristic of or containing alcohol

dry, hard, strong, intoxicant, intoxicating, spirituous, spiritous, wet

adjective, as in addicted to alcohol

alcohol-dependent, addicted

Opposites of alcoholic

nonalcoholic

What does alcoholic mean?3

adjective

1

characteristic of or containing alcohol“alcoholic drinks”

2

addicted to alcohol“alcoholic expatriates in Paris”

noun

1

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with alcoholic?3

three syllables

symbolic

four syllables

metabolichyperbolic
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Alcoholic in a sentence

  • If you go on drinking so much, you may well end up an alcoholic.Swift
  • She wasn't an alcoholic, but she was definitely a tippler.mccarras
  • If you keep on drinking so much, you might end up becoming an alcoholic.CK
  • I developed a liking for booze and became an alcoholic.Nuel
  • His father has become an alcoholic since his mother's death.Nuel
  • She said that she herself was an alcoholic.CH
  • People under eighteen aren't supposed to buy alcoholic drinks.CK
  • He said that he himself was an alcoholic.CH

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of alcoholic

as a noun

plural
alcoholics