Drinks

Synonyms for drink
noun beverage; alcoholic beverage

sip
alcohol
cup
liquor
refreshment
glass

booze
brew
toast
potion
shot
spirits

liquid
potation
swig
spot
slug
gulp

taste
draft
libation
swallow
potable
thirst quencher

Antonyms for drinks

food

Synonyms
verb take in liquid

inhale
consume
sip
drain
gulp
guzzle
suck
quaff
toast
sponge

gargle
irrigate
slosh
swill
imbibe
absorb
swig
indulge
tipple
thirst

down
sop
booze
dissipate
sup
swallow
lap
nip
belt
put away

tank up
slurp
hit the bottle
liquor up
partake of
soak up
toss off
wash down
wet whistle

Antonyms

abstain

Usage Notes

As with many verbs of the pattern sing, sang, sung and ring, rang, rung, there is some confusion about the forms for the past tense and past participle of drink. The historical reason for this confusion is that originally verbs of this class in Old English had a past-tense singular form in a but a past-tense plural form in u. Generally the form in a has leveled out to become the standard past-tense form: We drank our coffee. However, the past-tense form in u, though considered nonstandard, occurs often in speech: We drunk our coffee. The standard and most frequent form of the past participle of drink in both speech and writing is drunk: Who has drunk all the milk? However, perhaps because of the association of drunk with intoxication, drank is widely used as a past participle in speech by educated persons and must be considered an alternate standard form: The tourists had drank their fill of the scenery. See also drunk.