Word

alcohol, n.
(alcohols)
freq. cnt. 3

a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
<noun.food> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

alcohol alcoholic beverage alcoholic drink inebriant intoxicant

sample sentences

"alcohol (or drink) ruined him"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

alcoholic alcoholize alcoholize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

intoxicate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

inebriate

semantic pointers

hypernym

drug of abuse, street drug drink, beverage, drinkable, potable

hyponym

proof spirit home brew, homebrew hooch, hootch kava, kavakava aperitif brew, brewage sake, saki, rice beer nipa wine, vino liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol pulque liqueur, cordial mixed drink hard cider perry rotgut slug koumiss, kumis

any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
<noun.substance>

alcohol

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

alcoholic

semantic pointers

hyponym

methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol isopropyl alcohol, isopropanol allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol amyl alcohol butyl alcohol, butanol cyclohexanol diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol glycerine, glycerol, glycerin lauryl alcohol, 1-dodecanol propanol, propyl alcohol sterol, steroid alcohol

hypernym

liquid