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Dipsomaniac

One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

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Drunk 76% connected

of Drink

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Drunkard 76% connected

One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

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Inebriate 76% connected

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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Rummy 76% connected

Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

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Sot 76% connected

A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

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Alcoholic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Boozer 92% connected

One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lush 92% connected

Full of juice or succulence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Soaker 92% connected

One who, or that which, soaks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Souse 92% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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