Synonyms
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tanked [slang]
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Examples of tipsy in a Sentence
I got a little tipsy at the party last night.
our uncle had too much to drink at the wedding and got a little tipsy
Recent Examples on the Web
The place feels a lot like a happy, tipsy, rainbow-America tourist trap.
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Brock Colyar, Curbed, 20 June 2024
Aslin Summer Games at Aslin Beer Company The same weekend the Olympics kick off in Paris, teams of tipsy contestants in Washington can compete for something even better than the gold: Aslin gift cards, trophies and bragging rights.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Candles are lit, music is playing, and J. and I are tipsy and happy.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2024
JoJo Siwa rang in her 21st birthday with a tipsy day at Disney.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
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Brock Colyar, Curbed, 20 June 2024
Aslin Summer Games at Aslin Beer Company The same weekend the Olympics kick off in Paris, teams of tipsy contestants in Washington can compete for something even better than the gold: Aslin gift cards, trophies and bragging rights.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Candles are lit, music is playing, and J. and I are tipsy and happy.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2024
JoJo Siwa rang in her 21st birthday with a tipsy day at Disney.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipsy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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