SOT Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

sot

noun

ˈsät

Definition of sot

as in alcoholic

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk a sot who was arrested after a bar fight

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Recent Examples of sot That at least has some continuity with the old days, because Third Avenue’s saloons at mid-century were where the sots washed up, like Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026 The Rangers, who held a 16-7 sot advantage in the second, stormed the B’s zone after that and Korpisalo did start to battle well. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Yet the occasional poignancy of both Toby and Andrew, the sot and the fool, doesn’t emerge in this production. — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 Thrilling game sequences, a terrific ensemble cast led by Geena Davis, Lori Petty and Madonna, plus an all-timer performance from Tom Hanks as their hapless sot of a manager. — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 8 Apr. 2023 Fosse, after all, was creating in his own image, whether rendering himself as a satyr, a sot or a snake. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023 Craving a drink, she is bullied by Rocco into singing for the ensemble, which Fisher does splendidly, registering the faded glory of the onetime lounge singer turned sot in a few simple bars. — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2019

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Noun

Premiering in 2013, Faris starred in the first seven seasons of Mom as Christy, a recovering alcoholic who struggles to maintain a job, her family and her sobriety as her mom Bonnie (Allison Janney), who’s also in recovery, moves in with her.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The answers to these questions are very important to our community of addicts and alcoholics, both in and out of recovery.

— David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of alcoholic

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Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The driver who officers say was going the wrong way has been identified as 39-year-old Emichell Noloya and is now facing drunk-driving, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, refusal to take a breath test, and other charges.

— Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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