drinker
- noun
- /ˈdrɪŋkər/
- Anna would become a heavy drinker of whiskey and would smoke slim cigars at forty.
- heavy drinkers
- binge drinkers
- moderate drinkers
Tia is not a big drinker, no at all.
- Tia is not a big drinker, no at all.
- And it's common for younger people to be heavier drinkers than adults.
- I often say he was a terrible drinker when I was a child.
- And I was a drinker, I was a smoker.
- You know, it's it's a drinker's paradise over there.
- And her father was a very heavy drinker, and I didn't like that at all.
- So congratulations, weekend binge drinkers, you still have the biggest problem.
- I've definitely won over audiences of wine drinkers with this beer.
- He had a patient who was a chronic drinker.
- And, and my brother was, you know, a problem drinker also.
- At the time I was a whiskey drinker.
- I'm not a drug taker and or drinker partier in any way.
- So that's a line from your movie White Irish drinkers and love the film.
- Stanley Cup drinkers I guarantee use directly.
- Thousands of bargain drinkers become paralyzed, blind or even die.
- I've had some people drink that proper drinkers.
Examples
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When asked if he was a big drinker, he hedged and said that he was not.
Academic text (1995) -
He's a heavy drinker.
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Never saw a gin drinker yet you could trust.
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My best friend Michael, his dad was a big drinker so he hated all that stuff.
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I'm not usually much of a drinker.
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And her father was a very heavy drinker, and I didn't like that at all.
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You know, it's it's a drinker's paradise over there.
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The highest percentage of drinkers was male students aged 21 years.
Academic text (2015) -
Gordon was a careful drinker himself but drank in what seemed to him the American way.
Fiction book (1998) -
My uncle is a regular drinker who enjoys trying different types of beer.
Synonyms
A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often
Addicted to drinking alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who often drinks beer
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who regularly drinks large amounts of alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly
A person who drinks too much alcohol most of the time
A person who drinks alcohol too much
A person who often drinks alcohol like wine or beer
A person who drinks alcohol a lot
A person who drinks too much alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol
A person who drinks a lot of alcohol and enjoys it
A person who often drinks ale or beer
A person who drinks too much wine
A person who drinks alcohol in big quick gulps
A person who drinks a lot of alcohol quickly
A person who drinks alcohol too often and gets drunk
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person who often drinks too much alcohol
A person in a town who often drinks too much and people know it
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Etymology
Drinker comes from the old English verb drink, which meant 'to take liquid into the body', plus the ending -er that means 'one who', like in singer or worker. So a drinker is literally 'one who drinks', and today it often means a person who drinks alcohol regularly.