Antonyms for drunkard

Grammar : Noun

Spell : druhng-kerd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kərd

Definition of drunkard

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

noun one who drinks too much

Example sentences :

It is bad enough as it is,—a drunkard for a father, and we nothing more than beggars!
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

I am like the drunkard who admires a temperate life, yet can't pass a ginshop.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

He couldn't have had a very good time; his father was a drunkard.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

“Sure sign of a drunkard,” he returned wisely, in a similar undertone.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Charlie was not only a drunkard still, but the “crook” he was supposed to be.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

That was what distinguished him from the drunkard and the drug-taker.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

There are those who claim that he was unjust to Cooke, making him more of a drunkard than he really was.
Extract from : « Andr » by William Dunlap

Now and again they stepped off the pavement to leave room for some drunkard who had fallen there.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

A good worker like him, not a loafer or a drunkard, he could have understood in that case.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Just then Coupeau stood up to make the drunkard's sign of the cross.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for drunkard

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