A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, lush, soaker, souse.

Roget 504: madman, lunatic, maniac, bedlamite^†, candidate for Bedlam, raver^†, madcap, crazy; energumen^†; automaniac^†, monomaniac, dipsomaniac, kleptomaniac; hypochondriac etc. (low spirits);; crank, Tom o'Bedlam.    dreamer etc. 515; rhapsodist, seer, highflier^†, enthusiast, fanatic, fanatico [Sp.]; exalte [Fr.]; knight errant, Don Quixote.    idiot etc. 501.    ... show more

Dutch: alcoholiste, alcoholica, alcoholicus, alcoholist, alcoholverslaafde, drankorgel, drankverslaafde, drankzuchtige, drinkebroer, kannekijker, kannenkijker, nathals, natnek, pimpelaar, probleemdrinker, spons, zuiper, zuiplap, zuipschuit ... show more
Polish: alkoholik, pijak