1. (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• alcohol addiction
• drunkenness
• inebriation

2. (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

• dipsomania
• potomania

1. (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• drug addiction
• white plague

2. (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

• cacoethes
• mania
• passion

1. (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• hit it up
• inebriate
• soak
• souse
• inebriate
• intoxicate
• soak