Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

Thesaurus

alcoholic beverage

English

Noun

Sense: beverage containing more than a trace amount of alcohol

Synonyms

• adult beverage
• alcohol    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bevvy (slang)
• booze (slang)
• carouse
• drink    [⇒ thesaurus] (in context)
• firewater (high-proof alcohol)
• grog (Australia, NZ)
• libation
• liquor (chiefly US)
• lush
• nightcap
• potation
• potent potable
• sauce
• shot
• strong-water (obsolete)
• tiddly (slang)
• tipple

Hyponyms

• ale
• apéritif
• aperitif
• beer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brandy
• cider
• cocktail
• gin
• grog
• homebrew
• hot toddy
• liqueur
• mead
• mixed drink
• rotgut    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rum
• sherry
• tequila
• toddy
• vermouth
• vodka
• whisky
• wine    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• beverage    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• alcohol    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ester
• water    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• bender
• booze
• boozeroo (NZ, Slang)
• carousal
• carouse
• drinkathon
• liquid lunch
• session
• tippling

Metonyms

• cup
• bottle
• gage (archaic slang)
• glass

See also

• Category:Alcoholic beverages

Further reading

• “959. drunkenness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “liquor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.