Synonyms for drinking
ˈdrɪŋ kɪŋdrink·ing

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1. drinking, imbibing, imbibitionnoun

   the act of consuming liquids

   Synonyms:
   boozing, imbibition, crapulence, drunkenness, imbibing, drink

2. drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulencenoun

   the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

   "drink was his downfall"

   Synonyms:
   alcohol addiction, inebriation, swallow, tipsiness, potable, imbibing, intoxication, crapulence, drunkenness, insobriety, alcoholism, drinkable, drink, imbibition, inebriety, deglutition, beverage, boozing

Matched Categories

1. • Consumption

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1. drinkingnoun

   Synonyms:
   tippling, toping, intemperate habits

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1. drinkingnoun

   Synonyms:
   potation, tippling, bibacity, drunkenness, carousal, guzzling, intemperance

   Antonyms:
   temperance nephalism, abstinence, teetotalism

   Associated words:
   bibacious, bibulous, bibitory, dipsomania, alcoholism thirst, nectar, hobnob, bacchanalian, inebriant, potatory, œnomania, symposium, crapulence, supernaculum convivial, conviviality, tankard, beaker, cup, stein, canteen

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1. List of paraphrases for "drinking":

   potable, drink, drinkable, alcohol, clean, beverage, bu, consumption, safe, liquor, booze, boisson, wood, drunk, boire, watering

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How to use drinking in a sentence?

1. Jodie Relf:

   Other things to consider that are not mentioned in the study are : Firstly, what those who weren't drinking tea were drinking -- was tea replaced by sugary drinks or caffeinated beverages... and was that what increased their risk... ?

2. Sarah Schilling:

   Throughout the year, we periodically pause beer production at our Cartersville, Ga., brewery to produce emergency canned drinking water so we are ready to help out communities across the country in times of crisis, putting our production and logistics strengths to work by providing safe, clean drinking water is the best way we can help in these situations.

3. John Selden:

   It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.

4. District Court Judge Brian Morris:

   BLM failed to take a hard look at groundwater impacts due to shallow fracturing and due to surface casing depth not extending past drinking water.

5. Richard Isaacson:

   One has to be cautious when interpreting studies using medical records. They can be fraught with challenges in how diseases are coded and studied, any anytime you ask people to recall their behaviors, such as drinking, it leaves room for memory errors.