Definition of DRUNKARD

drunkard

Plural: drunkards

Noun

  • A person who is habitually and excessively intoxicated by alcohol.
  • a chronic drinker
  • A person who is habitually drunk.

Examples

  • The legendary DRUNKARD of the Scrabble club once played a perfect bingo, baffling everyone.

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

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

Antonyms

on the wagon, pioneer, teetotaler, teetotaller

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

drunkard: valid Words With Friends Word