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drink·er
 drinker
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- pronunciation:
- drIng
k
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who drinks.
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| definition 2: |
one who drinks alcoholic beverages excessively or habitually.
- similar words:
- drunk
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adjective + (n.)drinker
abusive,
alcoholic,
avid,
casual,
chronic,
continued,
daily,
dependent,
elderly,
episodic,
experienced,
frequent,
hard,
hard-core,
heavy,
light,
longtime,
moderate,
notorious,
occasional,
prodigious,
reformed,
regular,
responsible,
social,
solitary,
sophisticated,
two-fisted,
underage,
veteran,
would-be
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verb + (n.)drinker
appeal, binge, classify, light, lure, moderate, target, urge
(n.)drinker
+ verb
abstain, compare, consume, drink, sip, smoke, switch, tend
noun + (n.)drinker
absinthe,
alcohol,
beer,
binge,
blood,
champagne,
cocktail,
coffee,
criminal,
eater,
gin,
hunter,
ink,
lemonade,
liquor,
liver,
milk,
paleontologist,
percent,
problem,
reputation,
smoker,
tea,
whiskey,
wine
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The word drinker
contains the following part:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, bursar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, drinker, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, laborer, lecher, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, scribbler, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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