different between inebriate vs drinker

English

Etymology

From Latin inebriare, from ebrius (“drunk”).

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /??ni?b?i?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /??ni?b?ie?t/

Noun

inebriate (plural inebriates)

1. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
   • 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 18:

     As he walked along, the inebriate, whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.

Synonyms

• drunkard; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Verb

inebriate (third-person singular simple present inebriates, present participle inebriating, simple past and past participle inebriated)

1. (transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
   • 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)

     the inebriating effect of popular applause

3. (intransitive) To become drunk.
   • Template:RQ:Bacon

     fish that come from the Euxine Sea ; that when they come into the fresh water , do inebriate and turn up their bellies , so as you may take them with your hand

Conjugation

Synonyms

• intoxicate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

1. intoxicated; drunk

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

Italian

Verb

inebriate

1. second-person plural present indicative of inebriare
2. second-person plural imperative of inebriare
3. feminine plural of inebriato

Anagrams

• iberniate
• inebetirà

Latin

Participle

in?bri?te

1. vocative masculine singular of in?bri?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drink?rijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

drinker (plural drinkers)

1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
3. A device from which animals can drink.

   a bell drinker

   a nipple drinker

4. (slang) A pub.

Synonyms

• (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
• (pub): boozer, local, watering hole; See also Thesaurus:pub

Antonyms

• (drunkard): teetotaler, nondrinker; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Derived terms

• (drunkard): nondrinker

Translations

Anagrams

• redrink

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drinkere. Equivalent to drinken +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dri?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: drin?ker
• Rhymes: -??k?r

Noun

drinker m (plural drinkers)

1. One who drinks.
2. A regular drinker of alcoholic beverages.
3. (obsolete) A smoker.

Derived terms

• bierdrinker
• brandewijndrinker
• tabakdrinker
• wijndrinker