alcoholic
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of alcohol.
alcoholics
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pluralof alcoholic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Juliette Lewis has played murderers, drifters, alcoholics, punk rockers, Reiki healers and roller-derby captains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Children of alcoholics are most often on high alert trying to anticipate other people’s feelings, so they can try to head off problems or incidents before they become overwhelming.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
The decision not to entirely fictionalise the island was deliberate: it isn’t renamed, and there is a reference to its former owner, Frederick Charrington, a 19th-century social reformer who created a community for recovering alcoholics.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2020
I'm sure studies have been done but what percentages of the homeless can be categorized as the mentally il and what percentages are considered alcoholics or drug addicts?
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2018
In sixteen years of active practice I have not used alcoholics at all.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
