Thesaurus:beer

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beer

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English

Noun

Sense: an alcoholic fermented malt drink

Synonyms

• ale
• amber fluid (Aus, slang)
• amber nectar (Aus, idiom)
• beer
• bitter    [⇒ thesaurus] (UK)
• brew
• brewski (US, Ca)
• brewsky (US, Ca)
• cold one
• coldie (Aus)
• liquid bread
• oat soda
• reeb (UK, back slang)
• suds
• tinnie (Aus)
• wobbly pop (Ca)

Hyponyms

• ale
• bitter    [⇒ thesaurus] (UK)
• barley wine
• belly vengeance (obsolete, UK, slang)
• black stuff
• Broon (UK)
• Broonale (UK)
• brown ale
• bock
• draught (Aus)
• golden ale
• homebrew
• India pale ale
• IPA
• Kölsch
• lager
• lambic
• microbrew
• mild (UK)
• new    [⇒ thesaurus] (Aus)
• old    [⇒ thesaurus] (UK, Aus)
• pale ale
• pilsener
• pilsner
• pils
• porter
• session ale
• session beer
• session bitter
• shandy
• stingo (archaic slang)
• stout
• weissbier
• witbier

Hypernyms

• alcoholic beverage    [⇒ thesaurus]
• drink    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• adjunct    [⇒ thesaurus]
• alcohol    [⇒ thesaurus]
• barley
• ester
• head    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hop (chiefly plural)
• water    [⇒ thesaurus]
• yeast

Metonyms

• gage (archaic slang)
• half
• jug
• middie (NSW, Aus)
• pint
• pitcher
• pony
• pot (Aus)
• schooner (NSW, Aus)
•   —
• barrel
• bottle
• can
• cask
• keg

See also

• Category:Beer

Further reading

• “beer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• Some synonyms at Google Ngram Viewer
• Some hyponyms at Google Ngram Viewer