English adjective: alcoholic | |||
1. | alcoholic characteristic of or containing alcohol | ||
Samples | Alcoholic drinks. | ||
Similar | dry, hard, intoxicant, intoxicating, spiritous, spirituous, strong, wet | ||
Antonyms | nonalcoholic | ||
2. | alcoholic addicted to alcohol | ||
Samples | Alcoholic expatriates in Paris. | ||
Synonyms | alcohol-dependent | ||
Similar | addicted | ||
Antonyms | unaddicted | ||
English noun: alcoholic | |||
1. | alcoholic (person) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | ||
Synonyms | alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino | ||