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noun
A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).
synonyms: drinker, juicer, toper.
is a specific kind of: consumer.
is a broader term that covers: bar fly | ale drinker, beer drinker | drunk | drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino | guzzler | moderationist | bacchanal, bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller | social drinker, tippler | carouser, wassailer.
is the opposite of: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker.
derivation: drink, imbibe | booze, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle | drink, tope | absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up.
Dutch: drinkerPolish: pijÄ…cy
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