Definition of DRUNKARD

drunkard

Meanings

Plural: drunkards

Noun

  • a chronic drinker
  • A person who is habitually drunk.

Origin / Etymology

From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”). Compare German Trunkart. Compare braggart.

Synonyms

alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, drunkard, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, inebriate, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rummy, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, sot, souse, sponge, squeeze-grape, suck-pint, sucker, swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-flagon, swill-pot, swill-tub, swillking, tippler, toper, tosspot, tun, winebibber, winesop, wino

Antonyms

on the wagon, pioneer, teetotaler, teetotaller

Scrabble Score: 14

drunkard is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
drunkard is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drunkard is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

drunkard is a valid Words With Friends word