imbiber

Other forms: imbibers

Definitions of imbiber

1. noun

   a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
   synonyms: drinker, juicer, toper

   types:

   bar fly

   a drinker who frequents bars

   ale drinker, beer drinker

   someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale

   drunk

   someone who is intoxicated

   drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino

   a chronic drinker

   guzzler

   someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages)

   moderationist

   a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)

   bacchanal, bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller

   someone who engages in drinking bouts

   social drinker, tippler

   someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities

   carouser, wassailer

   someone who enjoys riotous drinking

   alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse

   a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

   drunk-and-disorderly

   someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly

   type of:

   consumer

   a person who uses goods or services