alcoholic, alcohol-dependent
(adjective) addicted to alcohol; “alcoholic expatriates in Paris”- Carl Van Doren
alcoholic
(adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol; “alcoholic drinks”
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse
(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alcoholic (plural alcoholics)
A person addicted to alcohol.
• Starsailor - Alcoholic
One who abuses alcohol.
• (person addicted to alcohol): See also drunkard
• (one who abuses alcohol)
• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also teetotaler
alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)
Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
• See also alcoholic
• nonalcoholic
Source: Wiktionary
Al`co*hol"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. alcolique.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
Al`co*hol"ic, n.
1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
2. pl.
Definition: Alcoholic liquors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 March 2025
(noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
