rummy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of RUMMY

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk <most mornings a dazed old rummy sits on the steps with a bottle in a paper bag>

Synonyms alcoholic, alkie (or alky) [slang], boozehound, boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunkard, inebriate, juicehead [slang], juicer [slang], lush, rummy, soak, soaker, sot, souse, tippler, toper, tosspot

Related Words swigger, swiller; wino

Near Antonyms abstainer, nondrinker, teetotaler (or teetotaller), teetotalist

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