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soaker

soaker

1 9.2
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊkər/
  • Offensive
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  • Before that he was a cork soaker.

Examples

  • After years of drinking heavily, he became known as a notorious soaker in the town.

  • Now he's not here, and I got two soakers.

  • If you follow the instructions from the AfG worksheets and combine them with the techniques given by Hamelman (soaker, scald, added seeds...), you can very quickly come up with a huge variation of breads.

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  • Everyone knew that Jim was a soaker, often seen at the bar from morning until night.

  • The bartender stopped serving him because he was such a regular soaker that he couldn't remember his own name.

Synonyms

alcoholic
vssoaker
222 3.3

A person who is addicted to alcohol

is a general everyday label for habitual heavy drinking
drunk
vssoaker
  • Informal
137 3.5

A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often

focuses on the habitual aspect rather than current intoxication
drinker
vssoaker
83 1.8

A person who often drinks alcohol

is a stronger label that stresses excessive habitual drinking
drunkard
vssoaker
17 5.5

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the neutral everyday label for habitual heavy drinking
lush
vssoaker
  • Offensive
6 7.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the neutral description for repeated excessive drinking
boozer
vssoaker
  • Offensive
3 9.4

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is a more neutral description of habitual heavy drinking
tosspot
vssoaker
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A person who often drinks too much and behaves foolishly

is the modern neutral descriptor for habitual heavy drinking
sot
vssoaker
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the common modern label for habitual excessive drinking
souse
vssoaker
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who drinks too much alcohol most of the time

is the general term for habitual heavy drinking without tone
rummy
vssoaker
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who drinks alcohol too much

is the common label for habitual heavy alcohol consumption
guzzler
vssoaker
  • Informal
1 7.7

A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly

focuses on habitual heavy alcohol use rather than drinking manner
alky
vssoaker
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude word for a person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the neutral description without the insulting tone
dipsomaniac
vssoaker
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol

is the everyday word for habitual heavy drinking
dipso
vssoaker
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the neutral description for habitual excessive drinking
inebriate
vssoaker
  • Offensive
1 9.8

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the informal everyday term for the same habitual drinking
imbiber
vssoaker
1 8.4

A person who drinks alcohol a lot

is the label that stresses repeated excessive alcohol use
swiller
vssoaker
  • Offensive
1 8.6

A person who drinks too much alcohol

centres on repeated heavy alcohol use by habit rather than manner
likker
vssoaker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who drinks alcohol too often and gets drunk

is the neutral descriptive term for repeated excessive drinking
toper
vssoaker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the general everyday label for habitual heavy drinking
town drunkard
vssoaker
  • Offensive
8.1

A person in a town who often drinks too much and people know it

is the general label not tied to local reputation
quaffer
vssoaker
  • Archaic
9.8

A person who drinks a lot of alcohol and enjoys it

describes habitual excessive drinking without the celebratory tone
two-fisted drinker
vssoaker
  • Slang
9.3

A person who drinks a lot of alcohol quickly

refers to habitual excessive drinking rather than fast drinking style
winebibber
vssoaker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who drinks too much wine

is the broader term for habitual heavy drinking of any beverage
total pisshead
vssoaker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who drinks too much alcohol

is the everyday label without the coarse vulgar tone
shitguzzler
vssoaker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who drinks a lot of beer or other alcoholic drinks until very drunk

is the neutral everyday label without vulgar coarse language
shikker
vssoaker
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is the more general neutral term for a habitual heavy drinker

Antonyms

5 7.5

A person who never drinks alcohol

How Often

alcoholic
222 3.3
soaker
  • Offensive
1 9.2
drinker
83 1.8

Surface Forms

soaker singular
soakers plural

Morphology

soaker = soak (opaque) = soak + er

Although formed from 'soak' + '-er', the sense 'habitual drunkard' is a slang/metaphorical extension not predictable from the basic meaning 'to wet'.

Etymology

Soaker comes from the verb soak, meaning 'to make very wet', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a soaker can mean a person who 'soaks' themselves with drink — in other words, a heavy drinker.