Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
drinker
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for drinker.
Editorial note
Alcohol consumption being the responsibility of the drinker is a statement of my own belief.
Quick take
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of drinker gathered in one view.
A device from which animals can drink.
A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for drinker.
noun
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
noun
A device from which animals can drink.
noun
A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
noun
A surname
Example sentences
Alcohol consumption being the responsibility of the drinker is a statement of my own belief.
Throw some 'liked/hated this firehose drinker' and a pile of people at it, and you get interest spaces.
Even if I was an avid soccer player and drinker, I'd still find the whole concept pretty horrifying.
A regular coffee drinker develops a tolerance towards caffeine and the only benefit that coffee provides at this point is withdrawal suppression.
A night at the pub can easily run even a conservative drinker $20+, doing this every night (even when working) would be hard.
I don't consider myself a heavy coffee drinker because I only drink one cup in the morning.
I used to be kind of moderate to heavy coffee drinker and suffered from erratic sleep times.
I'm a big tea drinker and would love to see more high quality loose teas available for grab & go.
The other parameters are the object of the coffee drinker's desperate search.
Lifetime non-drinker here which I guess makes me even more aware of it at times.
At that point in his life he was a light drinker.
I have a feeling if I was an alcohol drinker he would have no problem.
Quote examples
You've just described the multibillion dollar industry "giving away free samples, and over serving people" and then claimed that the responsibility falls solely on the drinker.
Call it denial if you will, the same denial a heavy drinker getting home smelling alcohol doesn't trigger the "Have you been drinking?" question from their partner or family member.
For example, if you create a "Coca-Cola soda drinkers group" and convince fellow soda drinker Warren Buffet to join, you might have the prerequisite wealth to provide the members a basic income.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use drinker in a sentence?
Alcohol consumption being the responsibility of the drinker is a statement of my own belief.
What does drinker mean?
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
What part of speech is drinker?
drinker is commonly used as noun.