intoxicant

Noun
  1. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent (synset 107900542)
    "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
    is a type of:
    • drug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
    • beverage, drink, drinkable, potable - any liquid suitable for drinking
    subtypes:
    • proof spirit - a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
    • home brew, homebrew - an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home
    • hooch, hootch - an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
    • kava, kavakava - an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
    • aperitif - alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
    • brew, brewage - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
    • rice beer, sake, saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
    • nipa - made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
    • vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)
    • booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
    • ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits - nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
    • pulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
    • cordial, liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
    • mixed drink - made of two or more ingredients
    • hard cider - alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
    • perry - a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
    • rotgut - any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality
    • slug - an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
    • koumiss, kumis - an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
    same as: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant
  2. A drug that can produce a state of intoxication (synset 103586803)
    is a type of: drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
Adjective
  1. Causing intoxication (synset 301162626)
    "an intoxicating drink"
    similar to: alcoholic - characteristic of or containing alcohol
    same as: intoxicating

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