drinker
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drinker¹
- /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).
noun drinkers
- Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
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Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
a heavy drinker
Similar: alcoholic
- A device from which animals can drink. a bell drinker
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A pub.
Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scotsport instead of going down the drinker.
Similar: boozer
- A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
Similar: souse, suck-pint, local, watering hole · Opposite: teetotaler, nondrinker
Drinker²
proper noun
- A surname
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: toper, imbiber, drink, drunkard, drunk, drunken, wood, timber, lumber, fellow, rummy, bois, drinkerd, alcoholic, social drinker, winer
noun
Similar: souse, suck-pint, local, watering hole · Opposite: teetotaler, nondrinker
Translations
Every language
noun one that drinks
| Español | bebedor, bebedora |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 飲む人 nomu hito |
| हिन्दी | शौंड śauṇḍ |
| Kiswahili | mnywaji |
| Português | bebedor, bebedora |
| Français | buveur, buveuse |
| Deutsch | Trinker, Trinkerin |
| Ελληνικά | πότης pótis |
| Română | băutor, băutoare |
| Русский | пью́щий pʹjúščij, пью́щая pʹjúščaja |
| العربية | شَارِب šārib |
noun regular drinker of alcohol
| Español | bebedor, bebedora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 술쟁이 suljaeng'i |
| 日本語 | 酒飲み sakenomi, 酒好き sakezuki |
| 中文 | 酒徒 jiǔtú, 酒鬼 jiǔguǐ, 醉鬼 zuìguǐ, 酒客 jiǔkè |
| हिन्दी | शौंड śauṇḍ |
| Português | bebedor, bebedora |
| Français | buveur, buveuse |
| Deutsch | Trinker, Trinkerin, Gewohnheitstrinker, Gewohnheitstrinkerin |
| Ελληνικά | πότης pótis |
| Русский | пья́ница pʹjánica, пью́щий pʹjúščij, пью́щая pʹjúščaja |
| עברית | שַׁתְיָן shatyán, שַׁתְיָנִית shatyanít |
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@misc{drinker_2026,
title = {drinker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drinker},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
