Overview of noun alcoholic

The noun alcoholic has 1 sense

• alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse -- (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

Overview of adj alcoholic

The adj alcoholic has 2 senses

• alcoholic -- (characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks")


• alcoholic, alcohol-dependent -- (addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren)