alcoholic
UK/ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk//ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/
alcoholic noun: a person who is addicted to alcohol.
Noun
alcoholic (plural alcoholics)
- A person who is addicted to alcohol.
- Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
Daddy was an alcoholic2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic - Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21
- Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
- One who abuses alcohol.
Adjective
alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)
- Of or pertaining to alcohol.
- Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
- He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
- The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.
- Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
alcoholic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
alcoholic in Hindi
- a person addicted to alcohol
- पियक्कड़ piyakkaṛ, शराबी śarābī
- of or pertaining to alcohol
- मादक mādak
- having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- मादक mādak
alcoholic in Tamil
- மிதமிஞ்சிய குடிகாரன், குடிகாரன், வெறியம் கலந்த, வெறிக்குடிவகை சார்ந்த, வெறிக்குடிவகை காரணமாக, மட்டுமிஞ்சிய குடிக்கு ஆட்பட்ட
alcoholic in Bengali
- মদ্যপায়ী
alcoholic in Telugu
- a person addicted to alcohol
- తాగుబోతు tāgubōtu
More languagesFewer languages
- alcoholic in Malayalam
- മദ്യപാനത്തിന് അടിമയായ ആൾ, മുഴുക്കുടിയൻ
- alcoholic in Kannada
- ಮದ್ಯವ್ಯಸನಿ, ಕುಡುಕ
- alcoholic in Gujarati
- આલ્કોહોલિક, મદ્યપાન કરનાર
- alcoholic in Odia
- ମଦୁଆ maduā
- alcoholic in Arabic
- سِكِّير sikkīr, سِكِّيرَة sikkīra, خِمِّير ḵimmīr, مُعَاقِر muʕāqir
- alcoholic in Malay
- kaki botol, beralkohol
- alcoholic in Indonesian
- alkoholik
- alcoholic in Persian
- الکلی alkoli
- alcoholic in Thai
- ขี้เหล้า kîi-lâo, ขี้เมา kîi-mao, นักเลงสุรา nák-leeng-sù-raa
- alcoholic in Vietnamese
- người nghiện rượu
Examples of alcoholic in a sentence
- He's an adrenaline junkie: he thirsts for excitement the way an alcoholic thirsts for beer.
- Alcoholic beverages are sellable anywhere, if you're willing to skirt the law.
- I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.
Synonyms of alcoholic
Antonyms
Forms of alcoholic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | alcoholics |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more alcoholic |
| superlative | most alcoholic |
Origin of alcoholic
First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic.
Words formed from alcoholic
Words that rhyme with alcoholic
Questions about alcoholic
- What does alcoholic mean?
- Alcoholic means a person who is addicted to alcohol.
- What is alcoholic in Hindi?
- Alcoholic in Hindi is पियक्कड़ (piyakkaṛ), शराबी (śarābī), मादक (mādak). See Alcoholic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is alcoholic?
- Alcoholic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce alcoholic?
- Alcoholic is pronounced /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alcoholic?
- The plural of alcoholic is alcoholics.
Words near alcoholic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alcoholic (page history and authors); alcoholic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alcoholic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alcoholic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alcoholic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alcoholic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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