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toper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtəʊpə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈtoʊpɚ/
  • rhymes with -əʊpə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alcoholic, drunkard, tosspot, alco, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, inebriate, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, sot, souse, sponge, squeeze-grape, sucker, suck-pint, swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-flagon, swill-pot, swill-tub, swillking, tippler, toper, tun, winebibber, winesop, wino

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drinker, imbiber, juicer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consumer

Narrower terms: bar fly, beer drinker, ale drinker, drunk, drunkard, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino, guzzler, moderationist, drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant, tippler, social drinker, wassailer, carouser

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu)bor. English tope Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English toper From tope + -er.