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alcoholic
adjective
alcoholic
noun
booze
noun
bottle
noun
sauce
noun
hard
adjective
libation
noun
tipple
noun
firewater
noun
liquor
noun
spirit
noun
water
verb
brandy
noun
kirsch
noun
sake 2
noun
schnapps
noun
slug
noun
crème de menthe
noun
drink
noun
marc
noun
Definition of
alcoholic noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
alcoholic
noun
/
ˌælkəˈhɔlɪk
;
‑ˈhɑlɪk
/
(
also
informal
lush
)
a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking, so that it has become an illness