DRINKER
Dictionary entry overview: What does drinker mean?
• DRINKER (noun)
The noun DRINKER has 2 senses:
1. a person who drinks liquids
2. a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
Familiarity information: DRINKER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DRINKER (noun)
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))
Meaning:
A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
imbiber; juicer; toper; drinker
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)
carouser; wassailer (someone who enjoys riotous drinking)
social drinker; tippler (someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities)
bacchanal; bacchant; drunken reveler; drunken reveller (someone who engages in drinking bouts)
moderationist (a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer))
guzzler (someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages))
drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)
drunk (someone who is intoxicated)
ale drinker; beer drinker (someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale)
Antonym:
nondrinker (a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages)
