alcohol
English Thesaurus
1. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | drug of abuse, street drug, |
| definition | : | a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | proof spirit, |
| definition | : | a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | home brew, homebrew, |
| definition | : | an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | hooch, hootch, |
| definition | : | an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | kava, kavakava, |
| definition | : | an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | aperitif, |
| definition | : | alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | brew, brewage, |
| definition | : | drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | rice beer, sake, saki, |
| definition | : | Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | nipa, |
| definition | : | made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | vino, wine, |
| definition | : | fermented juice (of grapes especially) (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | ethyl alcohol, neutral spirits, |
| definition | : | nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | pulque, |
| definition | : | fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | cordial, liqueur, |
| definition | : | strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | mixed drink, |
| definition | : | made of two or more ingredients (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | hard cider, |
| definition | : | alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | perry, |
| definition | : | a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | rotgut, |
| definition | : | any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | slug, |
| definition | : | an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | koumiss, kumis, |
| definition | : | an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia (noun.food) |
2. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | liquid, |
| definition | : | a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol, |
| definition | : | the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol, |
| definition | : | an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | amyl alcohol, |
| definition | : | a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | butanol, butyl alcohol, |
| definition | : | a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cyclohexanol, |
| definition | : | a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | dihydric alcohol, diol, glycol, |
| definition | : | any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | glycerin, glycerine, glycerol, |
| definition | : | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | 1-dodecanol, lauryl alcohol, |
| definition | : | a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | propanol, propyl alcohol, |
| definition | : | a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | steroid alcohol, sterol, |
| definition | : | any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances (noun.substance) |
3. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent (noun.food)
| derivation | : | alcoholic, alcoholic, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or containing alcohol (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | alcoholic, alcoholic, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or containing alcohol (adj.all) |
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