alcoholics
USal-kuh-HAW-liks/ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪks/al-kuh-HOL-iks/ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪks/
- 1Plural of alcoholic.
The support group welcomes recovering alcoholics and their families.
Researchers studied how alcoholics respond to different treatment programs.
Note
Only the noun has a plural. Alcoholic is also an adjective (alcoholic drinks, an alcoholic household), and English adjectives never take -s, so this form is always a noun. It covers both noun meanings: people addicted to alcohol and, more loosely, people who abuse it. Context usually shows which is meant, and the clinical weight of the first makes the distinction worth minding.
alcoholics is a form of alcoholic
alcoholic, noun: A person who is addicted to alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking. Full entry
- Forms
- alcoholicalcoholics plural
- Spelling
- alcoholic → alcoholics: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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