He pissed away his inheritance on booze and loose women.
Source: tatoeba (709097)
Booze
/buːz/
Synonyms for "booze" (116 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: liquor, spirits, adult beverage, alcohol, alcohol.
- Sentence evidence is available for booze, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, wiktionary, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "booze".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "booze"
Keep "booze" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "booze" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "booze", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "booze" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesMore specific
12 entriesCollocations
11 entriesalcohol abusealcohol consumptionalcoholic beveragebinge drinkingblood alcohol contentbooze banbooze consumptionbooze controlbooze culturebooze industrybooze policy
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- خَمْر noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- كُحُول noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Asturian
3 entries- bebedera noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- pimple noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- piñatu noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Belarusian
1 entries- тру́нак noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Bulgarian
1 entries- алкохолна напитка noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Catalan
3 entries- beure noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- copa noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- glop noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 酒 noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Czech
1 entries- chlast noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Dutch
1 entries- drank noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ཆང noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Estonian
3 entries- kärakas noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- märjuke noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- naps noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Faroese
1 entries- sprutt noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Finnish
1 entries- viina noun (any alcoholic beverage)
French
2 entries- bibine noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- picole noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Georgian
2 entries- დასალევი noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- სასმელი noun (any alcoholic beverage)
German
4 entries- Alk noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- Alkohol noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- Alkoholisches noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- Fusel noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Hungarian
1 entries- pia noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Irish
1 entries- deoch noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Italian
1 entries- alcolici noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ичүү noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- спирт ичимдиги noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Latin
2 entries- ebriamen noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- tēmētum noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wódka noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Macedonian
1 entries- пи́јачка noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Marathi
1 entries- दारू noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Navajo
1 entries- yáadidahígíí noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Polish
4 entries- coś mocniejszego noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- coś niecoś noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- małe co nieco noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- procent noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Portuguese
2 entries- bebida noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- birita noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Romanian
4 entries- agheasmă noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- beutură noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- băutură noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- pileală noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Russian
2 entries- бухло́ noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- вы́пивка noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- deoch noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- cuga noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- цуга noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Spanish
4 entries- aguardiente noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- bebercio noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- chupe noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- copa noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Thai
1 entries- เหล้า noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Turkish
1 entries- içki noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бухло́ noun (any alcoholic beverage)
- ви́пивка noun (any alcoholic beverage)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The doctor warned me to stay away from booze.
Source: tatoeba (714968)
His breath reeks of booze.
Source: tatoeba (874553)
Save water, drink booze.
Source: tatoeba (1132858)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "booze"?
Closest matches include liquor, spirits, adult beverage, alcohol, alcohol.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "booze"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.