Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquor |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, alcoholic drink, cocktail, hard liquor, hard stuff, hooch, hootch, sauce, spirits |
| Main Entry: | carouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make merry, often with liquor |
| Synonyms: | booze, drink, frolic, go on a spree, have fun, imbibe, paint the town, paint the town red, play, quaff, raise Cain, revel, riot, roister, wassail, whoop it up |
| Antonyms: | be sad, grieve |
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beverage; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, booze, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potation, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, thirst quencher, toast |
| Antonyms: | food |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt, booze, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle, hit the bottle, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap, liquor up, nip, partake of, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, slurp, soak up, sop, sponge, suck, sup, swallow, swig, swill, tank up, thirst, tipple, toast, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
| Main Entry: | guzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink down fast |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, booze, carouse, cram, devour, englut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, imbibe, ingurgitate, knock back, quaff, slop, slosh, soak, swig, swill, tipple |
| Antonyms: | sip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liqueur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquor |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, alcoholic beverage, aperitif, booze, brandy, cognac, cordial, flavored drink, intoxicant, port, spirits |
| Notes: | liqueur is essentially the same word as liquor (from Latin), though the words have different meanings - liqueur is a strong highly flavored, often sweetened, alcoholic drink while liquor is an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation (which would be beer, wine) |
| Main Entry: | liquor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drink; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, aqua vitae, booze, broth, decoction, drinkable, elixir, extract, firewater, fluid, hard stuff, inebriant, infusion, intoxicant, liquid, moonshine, poison*, potable, sauce, solvent, spirits, stock, the bottle, whiskey |
| Notes: | liqueur is essentially the same word as liquor (from Latin), though the words have different meanings - liqueur is a strong highly flavored, often sweetened, alcoholic drink while liquor is an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation (which would be beer, wine) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intoxicant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcohol |
| Synonyms: | alcoholic drink, booze, drink, liquor |
| Main Entry: | alcoholic beverage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcoholic drink |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, beer, booze, cocktail, drink, hard drink, hard liquor, inebriant, intoxicant, liqueur, liquor, mixed drink, spirits, wine |
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