DRUNKARD Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

drunkard

noun

ˈdrəŋ-kərd

Definition of drunkard

as in alcoholic

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem

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Recent Examples of drunkard Harris maintained that, like habitual drunkards, unlawful drug users may have their gun rights temporarily taken away. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026 Hemani's lawyers also reject the government's attempt to liken laws disarming habitual drunkards to the law disarming drug users, arguing that those early restrictions covered only people who regularly abused alcohol, not all those who drink. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026 These laws also applied to habitual drunkards, the mentally ill and others determined to be dangerous to the public. — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026 In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drunkard

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Premiering in 2013, Faris starred in the first seven seasons of Mom as Christy, a recovering alcoholic who struggles to maintain a job, her family and her sobriety as her mom Bonnie (Allison Janney), who’s also in recovery, moves in with her.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The answers to these questions are very important to our community of addicts and alcoholics, both in and out of recovery.

— David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

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Advertisement Amid efforts by both campaigns to push policy ideas like tax cuts and education reform, the ad war has boiled down to attacks portraying Ramaswamy as a conman and Acton as a drunk.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
The drunk-and-disorderly charge is linked to a December incident, in which Minton is accused of shouting and cursing at patrons of a tattoo studio in Hickory, court records show.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

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