bibber C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈbɪbɚ/ UK /ˈbɪbə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who drinks often or to excess; a tippler The tavern's resident bibber nursed his ale till closing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who drinks often... tipplerdrinkerdrunkardsottoperimbiber ↔ Opposites teetotalerabstainer Word family Related forms bibimbibebibulouswine-bibber Etymology AI details From the verb bib ('to drink, tipple') + agentive -er; bib from Latin bibere ('to drink'). bibere Latin -er Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # bibber **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɪbɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɪbə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who drinks often or to excess; a tippler ## Examples - The tavern's resident bibber nursed his ale till closing. ## Synonyms - tippler - drinker - drunkard - sot - toper - imbiber ## Antonyms - teetotaler - abstainer ## Related Forms - bib - imbibe - bibulous - wine-bibber ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bibere - Root: -er ## Etymology From the verb bib ('to drink, tipple') + agentive -er; bib from Latin bibere ('to drink'). ## AI Etymology Bibber comes from the verb bib ('to drink, tipple') + agentive -er; bib from Latin bibere ('to drink'). The historical trail runs through bibere in Latin and -er in Old English. Morphologically, bibber is transparent: it draws on the verb bib ('to drink, tipple') + agentive -er. Used as a noun, bibber now means "a person who drinks often or to excess; a tippler", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as bib, imbibe, bibulous, and wine-bibber. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown