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DRINKER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

Synonyms:

drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drinker" is a kind of...):

consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinker"):

bar fly (a drinker who frequents bars)

ale drinker; beer drinker (someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale)

drunk (someone who is intoxicated)

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)

guzzler (someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages))

moderationist (a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer))

bacchanal; bacchant; drunken reveler; drunken reveller (someone who engages in drinking bouts)

social drinker; tippler (someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities)

carouser; wassailer (someone who enjoys riotous drinking)

Antonym:

nondrinker (a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages)

Derivation:

drink (consume alcohol)

drink (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who drinks liquids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drinker" is a kind of...):

consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinker"):

gulper; guzzler (a drinker who swallows large amounts greedily)

quaffer (a person who drinks heartily)

sipper (a drinker who sips)

sucker (a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw))

Derivation:

drink (take in liquids)

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