different between alcoholic vs toper

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.
   • 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic

     Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
     Daddy was an alcoholic
2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Translations

See also

• friend of Bill W.

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

   He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

   The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

Related terms

• alcohol

Translations

Anagrams

• colaholic

Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)

English

Etymology

From tope +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?to?p?/
• Rhymes: -??p?(?)

Noun

toper (plural topers)

1. (now literary) Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard.

   Synonyms: alcoholic, drunkard, tosspot; see also Thesaurus:drunkard

   • 1818, John Keats, “On Some Skulls in Beauly Abbey, near Inverness”:

     A Toper this! He plied his glass / More strictly than he said the Mass, […]

Translations

Anagrams

• -trope, Perot, Petro, Porte, opter, petro, petro-, ptero-, repot, tepor, trope

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from top +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.pe/

Verb

toper

1. to high five

Conjugation

Further reading

• “toper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From English tope + -er.

Verb

toper

1. (Jersey) to tope