Plural of alcoholic
regular plural
The plural of alcoholic is alcoholics.
Forms of alcoholic
| Singular | alcoholic /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | alcoholics |
| Countable | countable |
Alcoholics in a sentence
- The authorities claim they turned from unemployment checks to food stamps to avoid alcoholics wasting their families' allowances in pubs.From the entry food stamp
- Adult children of alcoholics often become alcoholics themselves.From the entry adult child
- But of course, not all chemsex enthusiasts will look worse for wear – just as not all alcoholics will be found on a park bench.2015 November 5, Zoe Cormier, “Chemsex: how dangerous is it?”, in The Guardian. From the entry chemsex
- Author Hodgman keenly remembers his small-town childhood from all sides: churchgoers and alcoholics, kindness and bullying, adolescent crushes, baffling foes and off-limits subjects that no small-townie discusses.2015 March 15, Terri Schlichenmeyer, “Son struggles with elderly mother”, in The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2E…. From the entry small-townie
- Then came the tidal wave of drugs, specifically heroin, and what had once been a haven for male alcoholics became a pangender hole-in-the-wall hideout for depraved junkies.2002, James Wagner, Patrick Picciarelli, My life in the NYPD: Jimmy the Wags, Onyx, published 2002, →ISBN. From the entry pangender
Meaning of alcoholic
- noun A person who is addicted to alcohol.
- noun One who abuses alcohol.
- adjective Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Questions about the plural of alcoholic
- What is the plural of alcoholic?
- The plural of alcoholic is alcoholics.
- Is alcoholic countable?
- Alcoholic is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: alcoholic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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