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Someone who drinks (alcohol) excessively.See Also: heavy drinking
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heavy drinker — heavy smoker/drinker/ phrase someone who smokes a lot, or who drinks a lot of alcohol Thesaurus: people who drink a lot of alcoholsynonym smoking and not smokinghyponym general words meaningto drinksynonym … Useful english dictionary
heavy drinker — alcoholic, boozer, drunk, inebriate … English contemporary dictionary
heavy — [hev′ē] adj. heavier, heaviest [ME hevi < OE hefig (akin to OHG hebig) < base of hebban (see HEAVE) + ig (see Y3): prob. basic sense “containing something, full”] 1. hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty 2. of high specific… … English World dictionary
drinker — [[t]drɪ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] drinkers 1) N COUNT: supp N If someone is a tea drinker or a beer drinker, for example, they regularly drink tea or beer. Sherry drinkers far outnumber wine drinkers or whisky drinkers. 2) N COUNT If you describe someone as a… … English dictionary
drinker — n. a hard, heavy drinker * * * [ drɪŋkə] heavy drinker a hard … Combinatory dictionary
drinker — UK [ˈdrɪŋkə(r)] / US [ˈdrɪŋkər] noun [countable] Word forms drinker : singular drinker plural drinkers 1) someone who often drinks alcohol Sam is a very heavy drinker (= someone who drinks a lot of alcohol). 2) someone who often drinks a… … English dictionary
heavy — heav|y1 W1S1 [ˈhevi] adj comparative heavier superlative heaviest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(amount/degree/severity)¦ 3¦(needing physical effort)¦ 4¦(needing mental effort)¦ 5 heavy going 6 be heavy on something 7 heavy with something … Dictionary of contemporary English
drinker — drink|er [ˈdrıŋkə US ər] n 1.) someone who regularly drinks alcohol ▪ Dave has always been a bit of a drinker. ▪ He was a heavy drinker (=he drank a lot) . 2.) coffee/wine/champagne etc drinker someone who regularly drinks coffee, wine etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
drinker — noun (C) 1 someone who regularly drinks alcohol: Dave has always been a bit of a drinker. | hard/heavy drinker (=someone who drinks a lot) 2 coffee/wine/champagne etc drinker someone who regularly drinks coffee etc: There s no wine we re all beer … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
heavy — adjective 1) a heavy box Syn: weighty, hefty, substantial, ponderous; solid, dense, leaden; burdensome; informal hulking, weighing a ton Ant: light 2) a heavy man Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
