The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - alcoholic adj.

1) intoxicating, inebriating: His doctor has forbidden him any alcoholic beverage. --n. 2) drunkard, drunk, dipsomaniac, sot, toper, drinker, winebibber, serious or problem drinker, tippler, Colloq barfly, soak, Slang boozer, alchy or alkie or alky, dipso, stew, rummy, US and Canadian lush, booze-hound, wino: The community runs a centre for rehabilitating alcoholics.