Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Verb

The word "drinking" can be used as adjective, noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

happens at party

Causes

becoming drunk being less thirsty body becomes rehydrated consumption of liquid destruction of brain cells die in car crash drunken stupidity drunkenness full bladder getting drunk getting totally drunk go pee hangover having to pee later having wet mouth headaches hydrating body hydration less thirst loss of control need to urinate quenching thirst satisfying thirst sickness stupidity swallow vomiting

Causes Desire

empty bladder urinate

Derived Terms

antidrinking badge drinking binge drinking day-drinking drinking age drinking bird drinking culture drinking fountain drinking game drinking hole drinking horn drinking man's degree drinking problem drinking song drinking vinegar drinking-cup drinking-horn drinking-up time easy-drinking hard-drinking pre-drinking relief drinking undrinking vertical drinking

Derived From

drink

Inflected/Variant Forms

drink

Prerequisites

bottle drink esophagus from which to drink glass liquer liquid and container mouth swallowing thirst tolerance

Subevents

acccident barfing become intoxicated buy round choke choking eat burger getting drunk and passing out improperly judge attractiveness of women lipstick on glass needing to go for pee smoke spilling drink stumbling talk alot throat becomes wet use glass

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

consumption ingestion intake intemperance intemperateness uptake

Type Of (IsA)

conducting consuming consumption liquid flow

Related Terms

expenditure utilisation

Related Terms

alcoholic beverage drink session

Synonym Network

drink

Used For

alleviating thirst becoming inebriated enjoyment feeling better getting drunk health and vitality hydration intoxication pleasure providing liquid for biological processes quenching thirst relieving thirst replenishing bodily fluids replenishing body's water supply slaking thirst staying alive taking in moisture taste thirst water for health water for vital minerals water to prevent dehydration water to prevent sun stroke weak carbon based lifeforms

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.