drunkard

[druhng-kerd] /ˈdrʌŋ kərd/

noun

a person who is habitually or frequently drunk.

Origin

1400-50; late Middle English; see drunk, -ard

Synonyms

toper, sot, tippler, drinker. Drunkard and inebriate are terms for a person who drinks hard liquors habitually. Drunkard connotes willful indulgence to excess. Inebriate is a slightly more formal term than drunkard. Dipsomaniac is the term for a person who, because of some psychological or physiological illness, has an irresistible craving for liquor. The dipsomaniac is popularly called an alcoholic.

Antonyms

teetotaler.

Examples from the web for drunkard

Kinda in the same category as being rough on the homeless guy or street drunkard.
Giving alcohol to a drunkard is not going to help stop them from drinking.
It grows on him, for he is intellectual, and he becomes a drunkard.
Lush workers study a slobbering drunkard the same way.
They abandoned him because he was rather seen as a weak drunkard than as a leading strongman.
From the fool and the drunkard you may learn the truth.
Besides, he's such an infernal character-he's a gambler-he's a drunkard-he's a profligate in every way.
Anyone who has been proven to be a habitual drunkard or who is addicted to the use of narcotics.
He is pictured as a drunkard who takes bribes to pardon ex-Confederates.

British Dictionary definitions for drunkard

drunkard

/ˈdrʌŋkəd/

noun

a person who is frequently or habitually drunk

Word Origin and History for drunkard

1520s, droncarde, but probably older (attested from late 13c. as a surname, Druncard), from Middle English dronken, participial adjective from drunk (q.v.), + -ard.